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This material belongs to: Daily Maverick<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In 2017, the horrifying extent of State Capture<\/a> finally became clearer to the South African public. And we would still be languishing in the dark were it not for the whistleblowers: the handful of courageous South African men and women who did not remain silent in the face of wrongdoing, but stood up and spoke out. From the anonymous figures who risked everything to expose the #GuptaLeaks<\/a> emails, to the workers who blew the whistle on misdeeds in big corporates and State-owned Enterprises: South Africa owes you a great debt. By Jessica Bezuidenhout<\/a> and Rebecca Davis<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mosilo Mothepu<\/a>: \u2018They messed with the wrong black woman\u2019<\/b><\/h3>\n

South Africans may not know the name Mosilo Mothepu<\/a>, but they should. Her revelations in the State Capture scandal triggered a wave of courage that saw many others step up over the past year.<\/p>\n

For just over a year she was a faceless and nameless former Trillian<\/a> executive, commonly referred to as the Nenegate<\/a> whistleblower.\u00a0In October 2016 a written statement she had handed to former Public Protector<\/a> Thuli Madonsela<\/a> surfaced in the media when the\u00a0Sunday Times<\/a>\u00a0<\/i>published details of her revelations about the Gupta<\/a>-linked Trillian Capital Partners<\/a> under the headline \u201cThe Dark Heart of State Capture\u201d.<\/p>\n

Today she can stand tall, having finally presented her testimony at an official parliamentary hearing.<\/p>\n

But for her, country duty has come at a heavy price. Mothepu has been unemployed for 18 months. By taking on the Gupta company, she soon found herself with mounting legal bills as Trillian responded with a financially crippling legal onslaught. As soon as she headed to the CCMA<\/a> to sue for constructive dismissal, Trillian hit back demanding she repay a R500,000 sign-on bonus.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrillian has vindictively pursued criminal charges against me. I am deemed a political risk by corporate SA and am unable to find a job,\u201d she told\u00a0Daily Maverick<\/a>.<\/p>\n

She has an additional sword of 10 criminal cases hanging over her head. The company has threatened her with jail, having opened a case against her for a range of charges including cybercrimes and theft of intellectual property. Neither the NPA<\/a> nor the Hawks<\/a> have been able to provide clarity on the status of these cases.<\/p>\n

Why then did she do it?<\/h3>\n

\u201cI was in Sharm El Sheikh<\/a> in Egypt. I had gone to see Mount Zion<\/a>.\u201d In that moment, spirituality took over and she was reminded of a news headline from back home. Pravin Gordhan<\/a> was quoted as saying:<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m prepared to die to save South Africa from the thieves.\u201d<\/p>\n

She cut short her trip and booked a flight back to Johannesburg<\/a> because, she says: \u201cI couldn\u2019t let him stand alone.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 12-page statement Mothepu drafted for the Public Protector<\/a> now reads like a blueprint for the series of\u00a0expos\u00e9s\u00a0that have since come to unravel the Gupta empire, exposed the rot at Eskom<\/a>, and with that, dented the reputation of McKinsey<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Asked if it was worth it, Mothepu doesn\u2019t hesitate.<\/p>\n

\u201cIntegrity isn\u2019t about the right thing if it costs nothing. My decision to go public has cost me financially, emotionally. But it\u2019s a small price, for as of now, South Africans know about Trillian\u2019s involvement in State Capture,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy loyalty is to South Africa and they messed with the wrong black woman.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018It\u2019s a lonely thing, being a whistleblower\u2019<\/b><\/h3>\n

Mothepu\u2019s experience since blowing the whistle on Trillian is not isolated. The Open Democracy Advice Centre (ODAC)<\/a> has been fighting a lengthy battle for greater legal protection for whistleblowers.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost often it\u2019s not a happy ending,\u201d says Lorraine Martin<\/a>, Whistleblowing Programme Manager at ODAC. \u201cThe road is very long sometimes, and often just due to fatigue, whistle-blowers can\u2019t continue. It\u2019s very expensive to fight, and it\u2019s very hard to force employers to investigate wrongdoing. One of the biggest reasons why people don\u2019t blow the whistle is because they fear nothing will be done.\u201d<\/p>\n

ODAC maintains a confidential helpline which South African whistleblowers can use to ask for help. Martin says they receive around 180 such requests per year. They are mostly from employees who have already blown the whistle to no evident effect, or who are now facing some kind of occupational harassment as a result.<\/p>\n

The legal framework protecting the rights of whistleblowers is the Protected Disclosures Act<\/a>. Trillian has argued in the case of Mosilo Mothepu that because she had left the company before she spilled the beans, she was not entitled to the protection of this legislation.<\/p>\n

The act was amended in 2017:<\/p>\n

\u201cThere have been legislative developments this year which are supposed to offer better protections, but not many people know about the changes,\u201d ODAC\u2019s Alison Tilley<\/a> explains. Among the new provisions: independent contractors can blow the whistle as well as permanent employees; the litigation settlement cap has been increased; the identity of a whistleblower has to be kept secret, and all companies larger than 50 workers have to have a whistle-blowing policy.<\/p>\n

But despite this hypothetical armour, prospective whistleblowers remain justifiably scared. Tilley believes that the ODAC helpline is used mostly by people who have nobody else to talk to.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a lonely thing, being a whistle-blower,\u201d Tilley says.<\/p>\n

Bianca Goodson<\/a>: Reclaiming power after a journey of self-inflicted paranoia<\/b><\/h3>\n
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Source: Daily Maverick.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With every headline about State Capture, Bianca Goodson<\/a> slipped deeper into a state of confusion and self-doubt. There she was, privy to much of Trillian\u2019s dirty little secrets, yet utterly petrified to breathe a word.<\/p>\n

For months the young techno economist and former Trillian Management Consulting<\/a> chief executive officer simply watched the scandal play out. Having initially confided in her pastors at church, those closest to her had further encouraged her to keep quiet.<\/p>\n

But the fear-induced silence was eating away at her.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt that I was being spineless not to speak up,\u201d she told\u00a0Daily Maverick<\/a>.<\/i>\u00a0\u201cI decided one day that I was allowing my experience to bully me.\u201d<\/p>\n

In September 2016, several months after resigning from her job, she finally made a formal disclosure about her time at Trillian to the Public Protector.<\/p>\n

That came with its own trauma as Goodson went virtually off-grid, limiting contact with others amid a hunt for information that could validate her claims that her former employer was deeply intertwined with the State Capture scandal.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was hiding because I feared the potential consequences: aware of what Trillian was doing to Mosilo, I feared the same could happen to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

She had worked alongside the Nenegate whistleblower, Mosilo Mothepu, in the Trillian stable of companies.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always knew that the information I had would corroborate suspicions about Trillian\u2019s dealings with State-owned Enterprises.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Goodson worried about legal consequences and a potential defamation suit, things she feared would have greatly impacted on her ability to support her young daughter.<\/p>\n

The fear and \u201cself-inflicted paranoia\u201d intensified. Being an unemployed mother and becoming a whistle-blower in the State Capture saga is not something many people can relate to.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s lonely and scary. There is no one you can speak to that completely understands the risks that you must try to mitigate.\u201d<\/p>\n

But since her disclosures, Goodson says she has never had any threats and nor has she been given reason to believe she was at risk.<\/p>\n

And, save for a few twists and turns, her life is back on track.<\/p>\n

She landed a job at accounting software firm Sage<\/a>, albeit for just a few months. Her time there coincided with the release of her detailed statement released via the Platform for the Protection of Whistleblowers in Africa<\/a>, PPLAAF<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sage took much heat after accepting her offer to resign \u2013 she had merely indicated she would do so if they perceived her disclosures to pose a reputational risk to the company.<\/p>\n

Recently, as she walked into Parliament to testify at the Eskom hearing, Goodson seemed a picture of confidence, emboldened that those in high office wanted to hear from whistleblowers like her.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe most significant consequence of my disclosure is very personal. Significant relationships in my life have been destroyed and harmed through this process. I got divorced in April 2017 and my relationship with my family also took significant strain. The 18 months-plus of stress was too much, I guess.\u201d<\/p>\n

But while it\u2019s been rough, she finally has a job. There are no regrets today. If anything, Goodson says, she wishes she had opened up sooner.<\/p>\n

Goodson counts among her blessings the experience she had with PPLAAF: \u201cHad it not been for PPLAAF I probably would not have disclosed my information and (am) not sure where I would find myself today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her advice to others contemplating the whistle-blowing journey is to overcome the fear, however paralysing it can seem.<\/p>\n

\u201cDoing the right thing is never, ever easy. If you find yourself in a situation such as mine, it\u2019s probably because you have the strength to deal with it.\u201d<\/p>\n

South African whistleblowers\u00a0outside State Capture cases have it harder<\/b><\/h3>\n

Launched in March 2017, PPLAAF allows African whistleblowers to make anonymous submissions, receive legal protection, and publish what they want to make public. It is a particularly vital service on a continent where only seven countries have laws protecting whistleblowers \u2013 which are often inadequate in practice.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn South Africa we have a very strong culture of whistle-blowing right now, due to the State Capture case,\u201d says PPLAAF director Khadija Sharife<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut we also have whistleblowers who are not involved in [cases relating to] State Capture who are having a hard time. The State Capture whistleblowers are getting a certain amount of protection, but this is not extending more widely.\u201d<\/p>\n

For whistle-blowers to receive the necessary protection, Sharife says they need an independent Public Protector, capable government investigative arms, and the ability to engage with other pieces of legislation to do with labour law and witness protection.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll these related laws need to be strong, too,\u201d Sharife says. \u201cIt\u2019s a real litmus test of our democracy in South Africa: are we who we say we are?\u201d<\/p>\n

When PPLAAF receives whistle-blowing information, it turns it over to its forensic research staff for a thorough vetting before deciding how best to channel the information. Potential options are to share it with Parliament, with civil society, or with media. For Sharife, the latter option is often the best.<\/p>\n

\u201cJournalists serve as the historians of our time,\u201d says Sharife. \u201cThey are the most effective way of covering a subject in context.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Editors’ experience: Protect whistleblowers at all costs<\/b><\/h3>\n

When a group like PPLAAF or an individual whistle-blower approaches a media outlet with damning information, a weighty responsibility falls upon an editor\u2019s head.<\/p>\n

This was the situation faced by\u00a0Daily Maverick<\/a>\u00a0<\/i>editor Branko Brkic<\/a> when dealing with the persons in possession of what we now know as the #GuptaLeaks emails \u2013 who can still not be named for their own protection.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce they do the whistle-blowing, their life is in danger \u2013 whereas your life as a journalist will be relatively okay,\u201d Brkic says. \u201cYou have to put yourself in their shoes and realise how much they risk, particularly when they are motivated only by a desire to right the wrongs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brkic says that protecting the identity of the #GuptaLeaks whistleblowers was his first priority. The journalists on the award-winning team which worked on the email trove still do not know their provenance.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to limit your communication [with the whistleblowers]. You have to make sure you are using a secure communication channel. And most important, you have to make sure that they are physically safe,\u201d Brkic says.<\/p>\n

Suzanne Daniels<\/a>: Not your average whistle-blower<\/b><\/h3>\n
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Source: Daily Maverick.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cSuzanne Daniels<\/a> has that \u2018don\u2019t mess with me\u2019 kind of thing about her.\u201d So says a member of the public after watching her on TV giving evidence in the parliamentary hearing into Eskom.<\/p>\n

Those who have met Daniels would probably agree. Beneath that pleasant demeanour there is a steely resolve: a sense of knowing what\u2019s at play and what\u2019s at stake. The now-suspended Eskom company secretary is a lawyer with years of experience, and she has fight-back written all over her.<\/p>\n

Attempted burglary, tick. Smash-and-grab incident, tick. Suspicious cars following her, tick. These are only some of the bizarre incidents Daniels endured shortly before she headed to Parliament to testify. And while she has no proof that these are linked to her decision to reveal what she knows, she has her suspicions.<\/p>\n

It took Daniels longer to speak up because, she admits, it had taken her longer to \u201cconnect the dots\u201d. And the safety of her daughter \u2013 who was the victim of the smash-and-grab incident \u2013 was paramount for her.<\/p>\n

Before she fell out of favour, Daniels had a front-row seat in the Eskom boardroom. While on the inside, she did what needed to be done, believing she was acting in the interests of the parastatal.<\/p>\n

Some of her disgraced executive colleagues must rue the day she flipped \u2013 for she would come to deliver some devastating blows, revealing the Gupta hand in Eskom matters including staff suspensions and the management of former CEO Brian Molefe<\/a>\u2019s pension debacle.<\/p>\n

Daniels admits that initially she was unconvinced that a few individuals could wield such power.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen there was one particular meeting I attended at Eskom in late 2016, which I have identified as the trigger to my shift in the manner in which I viewed things,\u201d Daniels says.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy sense then was that there was an alternate force at play and that what I had witnessed was a well orchestrated pantomime to lend legitimacy to the ultimate course.\u201d<\/p>\n

She says that while the firing of former Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene<\/a> initially sparked questions for her, what catalysed her concerns was the release of the State of Capture report by former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe observations were too many to just write off as speculation,\u201d Daniels says, with those implicated not providing plausible explanations.<\/p>\n

And \u2013 says the woman who told Parliament about the strange tea party at a Melrose Arch<\/a> apartment where Ajay Gupta<\/a>, Duduzane Zuma<\/a>, and deputy minister Ben Martins<\/a> allegedly sat waiting for her one day \u2013 she never meant to mess with the Gupta empire.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy sole aim was to ensure that my self-respect as a proud South African is restored, and that one way of restoring that was to ensure that the people responsible for large-scale thievery and exploitation are held to account.\u201d\u00a0DM<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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