During the years 1998 to 2001 the acquisition of the Strategic Defence Package (“SDP”), the cost of which was initially R30,3 billion, which has since escalated, was highly topical. The furore has largely dissipated.
'Speak Out for Service Delivery: The Protected Disclosures Act as a tool for organizational accountability’:
Know your rights. This new pocket-sized guide to the Protected Disclosures Act written by Emma Levy will assist all trade unions and employees on how to disclose wrongdoing in the workplace and protect them from victimisation.
NEW!! Whistleblowing Provision in the New Companies Act 71 of 2008:
The Whistleblowing Provision under the New Companies Act supplements the provisions of the Protected Disclosures Act. Under the new Companies Act, the significant sub section is S 7 which provides that public and State owned companies must establish and maintain a system to receive disclosures confidentially and act on them and rountinely publicises the availability of that system to employees.
SPEAK OUT NETWORK:
ODAC's Guide to Whistle Blowing:
Summary of Key Points on the Protected Disclosures Act 2000:
A Guide to Whistle Blowing for Public Sector Managers:
A Guide to Whistle Blowing for Private Sector Managers:
Pocket Guide to Whistle Blowing:
Draft Whistle Blowing Policy:
Protected Disclosures Act, 2000:
To make provision for procedures in terms of which employees in both the private and the public sector may disclose information regarding unlawful or irregular conduct by their employers or other employees in the employ of their employers; to provide for the protection of employees who make a disclosure which is protected in terms of this Act; and to provide for matters connected therewith.