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In a letter to fellow South Africans on 30 August 2021, President Cyril Ramaphosa described whistle-blowers as “important guardians of our democracy.” The President also said “While numerous systems are in place to enable whistle-blowers to report wrongdoing anonymously, we need to tighten up existing systems and provide greater support to those who publicly come … Read more
LAW AND PRACTICE Legal Framework 1.1 Classification of Criminal Offences South Africa’s criminal legal framework consists of a mixture of common law and statutory offences, and does not consist of a formal framework of categories of offences – however, offences can be categorised in terms of severity, by way of the sentence or sanction ascribed … Read more
Authors: Cameron Dunstan-Smith and Jenalee Harrison For the past 18 months the leading stories in the South African media have served as daily reminders of the endemic corruption that is being laid bare for the South African public and international investors to see. Choose from any number of idioms about chickens coming home to roost, … Read more