Whistleblowers – and the fine line they tread to survive

Bernard Banisi is a tall dignified man, with high cheekbones, and eyes that give little away. He tells stories properly, with their own rhythm and pace. His story of his brother’s murder at the hand of unknown assassins is no exception.“We have a poor and illiterate background,” he begins.

My uncle told us that on the Island, his fellow prisoners found themselves disorganised. They decided to organise themselves. When he was deported to Mdantsane, his comrades decided to use a trick learned from the Island. They learned that they must control the island, and not let the island control them.My brother Xola was in and out of jobs. His wife left him, and when he found a job and they found he was from the family, then they chased him away.

His relationship with her broke down, and she spread a rumour [that] she was going to deal with him. I told him to report it to the police. Then there were threatening calls. I told him to diarise these things. He reported to the police on the 11 September.Then he ran out of airtime, and I had no airtime. We couldn’t talk anymore.

What possible policy response is there to assassination? What sub paragraph of a clause in a new law is going to take men with guns out of the equation? Is the response more guns? I asked that of a group of whistleblowers, and they said no. Not because they don’t like guns – but more because they regard private security guards to be easily bribed, and unreliable. What about witness protection?

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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