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Effective Whistleblower Protection – A Fundamental Step In Effective Corruption Combatting

South Africa's whistleblower protection framework is undergoing significant reform through the proposed Protected Disclosures Bill, 2026, which aims to address critical gaps exposed by high-profile assassinations and the Zondo Commission findings. The new legislation promises expanded protections, criminal sanctions for retaliation, and financial rewards for whistleblowers, but will the reforms be sufficient to encourage individuals to come forward in a climate where speaking up can cost lives?

South Africa Government

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SHEroes Webinar | Beyond Detection: Reducing Fraud Through Proactive Prevention (Video)

SHEroes Beyond Internal Audit hosted an insightful webinar exploring how organisations can move beyond simply detecting fraud and embrace proactive strategies that prevent fraud before it occurs.

South Africa Criminal

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SNG Grant Thornton

A New Era For Whistleblowers: Assessing The Changes

South Africa's Draft Protected Disclosures Bill, 2026 proposes to replace the current whistleblower protection framework with a more comprehensive regime that extends protection beyond employees, mandates formal internal procedures, and introduces stricter confidentiality controls and retaliation consequences.

South Africa Employment

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SNG Grant Thornton

Polished Complaints, Cloudy Truths: AI-generated Grievances In The Workplace

Modern Human Resources ("HR") teams are witnessing a new phenomenon: employee grievances drafted by artificial intelligence. Tools like ChatGPT enable workers to produce complaint letters...

South Africa Employment

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The BBC Scandal: Mismanagement Of Manipulation In The Workplace

South Africa Employment

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Silencing The Canary - An Attack On Whistleblowers

South Africa Employment

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Weaponising Whistleblowing – A Double-edged Sword For Employers

South Africa Employment

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2024 WLG Whistleblower Guide: South Africa

South Africa Employment

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World Law Group

Part 2: Wolves In Sheep's Clothing: The Importance Of Investigating Malicious Whistleblowing

South Africa Employment

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Webber Wentzel

Part 1: The Employee That Cried Wolf: Malicious Whistleblowing And Its Effects

South Africa Employment

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Webber Wentzel

To Report Or Not To Report Corruption – An Employer's Obligations Under PRECCA

South Africa Employment

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ENS

Labour and Employment Comparative Guide

South Africa Employment

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Reform On The Horizon: Whistleblowers Afforded More Protection

South Africa Employment

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

The Ins And Outs Of Whistle-Blowing (Video)

South Africa Employment

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ENS

Central Clearing On The Horizon: What South Africa’s Over-the-counter Derivatives Reforms Mean For The Financial Sector

South Africa Finance

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Cash Is Not Disappearing - Why The South African Reserve Bank’s Cash Smart Strategy Matters For South Africa’s Payment Future

South Africa Finance

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Coming Home: What A South African Returning From Abroad Should Consider

South Africa Wealth Mgt

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The Sovereign Group

Your Brand Is Your Business: Why Trade Mark Protection Matters From Day One

South Africa IP

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Adams & Adams

A Good Reason Is Not Enough: Retrenchment Fails Where Selection Cannot Be Explained

South Africa Employment

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Fasken

Employer, You Missed The Vaccine Risk Assessment Deadline. Now What?

The updated Consolidated Direction on Occupational Health and Safety Measures in certain Workplaces gave employers until 2 July 2021 to undertake or update their risk ...

South Africa Employment

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ENS

Whistleblower Law Won't Protect Those Abusing It To Avoid Their Own Misconduct

He argued that this constituted an automatically unfair dismissal in terms of the Labour Relations Act, 1995.

South Africa Employment

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Protection For Whistleblowers In South Africa

The world needs employees who are willing to stand up and raise alarms about wrongdoing in the workplace, whether it is in providing proof of financial irregularity ...

South Africa Employment

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Baker McKenzie

Blowing The Lid Off The 'Whistle-Blower Act'

The Protected Disclosure’s Act is legislation which was enacted for purposes of affording protection to the proverbial whistleblowers in the workplace.

South Africa Employment

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Adams & Adams

Beware The White Knight Whistleblower

South Africa Employment

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Bell Dewar

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SHEroes Webinar | Beyond Detection: Reducing Fraud Through Proactive Prevention (Video)

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SNG Grant Thornton

The Ins And Outs Of Whistle-Blowing (Video)

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