THE DANGEROUS DOWNSIDE OF UPHOLDING THE LAW

18 September 2020 – Lieutenant-Colonel Charl Kinnear is assassinated outside his Cape Town home. Colleagues knew of threats to his life. He was investigating organised crime involving cops.

23 August 2021 – Babita Deokaran, a senior Gauteng health department official and a whistle-blower in a R332-million personal protective equipment scandal in the department, is gunned down outside her home in Johannesburg.

1 November 2021 – Athol Williams, who testified at the State Capture Commission about corruption and management consultancy firm Bain & Co, leaves South Africa, fearing for his safety.

15 December 2021 – Regional court prosecutor Lonwabo Booi, reportedly involved in a case in which cops are accused, is murdered outside the Umlazi Magistrate’s Court in KwaZulu-Natal.

14 January 2022 – State Capture whistleblower and former government employee Themba Maseko says his home in Johannesburg is broken into. He finds it suspicious.

18 January 2022 - Former South African Revenue Service executive and State Capture whistle-blower Johann van Loggerenberg says his home and home office are broken into, an incident he suspects was not an ordinary crime.