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03938aam a2200397Ii 4500 001 98AD1046FFE911EBB6EAFDEE22ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210818010020 008 201203s2020 sa ac b 000 0 eng d 020 $a 1770107045 020 $a 9781770107045 035 $a (OCoLC)1225181721 040 $a Z@L $b eng $e rda $c Z@L $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d ZCU $d EEM $d NUI $d SILO 043 $a f-sa--- 050 4 $a JQ1929.W55 $b W54 2020 100 1 $a Wiener, Mandy, $e author. 245 14 $a The whistleblowers / $c Mandy Wiener ; with photographs by Felix Dlangamandla. 246 14 $a Whistle blowers 264 1 $a Johannesburg, South Africa : $b Pan Macmillan South Africa, $c 2020. 300 $a xii, 449 pages : $b illustrations, portraits (some color) ; $c 24 cm 520 $a "Whistleblowers are seldom seen as heroes. Instead, they are often viewed through a negative lens, described as troublemakers, disloyal employees, traitors, snitches and, in South Africa, as impimpis or informers. They risk denigration and scorn, not to mention dismissal from their positions and finding their careers in tatters. With corruption and fraud endemic in democratic South Africa, whistleblowers have played a pivotal role in bringing wrongdoing to light. They have provided an invaluable service to society through disclosures about cover-ups, malfeasance and wrongdoing. Their courageous acts have resulted in the recovery of millions of rands to the fiscus and to their fellow citizens as well as improved transparency and accountability for office bearers and politicians. Some would argue it was whistleblowing that brought down a president and the corrupt 'state capture' regime. But in most cases, the outcomes for the whistleblowers themselves are harrowing and devastating. Some have been gunned down in orchestrated assassinations, others have been threatened and targeted in sinister dirty-tricks campaigns. Many are hounded out of their jobs, ostracised and victimised. They struggle to find employment and are pushed to the fringes of society. Where there is litigation, this drags on and on through the courts. Mental health and relationships suffer. The psychological burden of choosing to speak up when there has been little reward or compensation is a heavy one to carry. The Whistleblowers shines a light on their plight, advocating for a change in legislation, organisational support and social attitudes in order to embolden more potential whistleblowers to have the courage to step up. These are the raw and evocative accounts of South Africa's whistleblowers, told in their own voices and from their own perspectives: from the hallowed corridors of parliament to the political killing fields of KwaZulu-Natal, from the fraud-riddled platinum belt to the impoverished, gang-ridden suburb of Elsies River, from the gantried freeways of Gauteng to the Bosasa blesser's facebrick campus in Krugersdorp, from the wild east of Mpumalanga to the corporate jungle of Sandton, and from the wide farmlands of the Free State to that compound of corruption in Saxonwold." --Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 650 0 $a Whistle blowing $x Government policy $z South Africa. 650 0 $a Leaks (Disclosure of information) 650 0 $a Corruption $z South Africa. 650 0 $a Whistle blowing $x Law and legislation $z South Africa. 650 7 $a Corruption. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01352550 650 7 $a Leaks (Disclosure of information) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00994785 650 7 $a Politics and government. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919741 650 7 $a Whistle blowing $x Law and legislation. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01174587 651 0 $a South Africa $x Politics and government. 651 7 $a South Africa. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204616 700 1 $a Dlangamandla, Felix, $e illustrator. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220317015637.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=98AD1046FFE911EBB6EAFDEE22ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search