Affirmative Action: Flawed or Failed?
Nicole Konstantinopoulos Lulama Qabaka Transformation was sold on a dream of upliftment, more jobs, a better economy, and socioeconomic equality. Yet, our current standings would suggest that this dream has morphed into something of a…
Whistleblower protection – are we huffing and puffing in the right direction?
Lead Article, Liezl Groenewald 25 September 2021 The murder of Babita Deokaran in August 2021 has sparked much public debate about the protection of whistleblowers. And rightfully so. By now the nation is aware of the many consequences…
Whistleblowing information at your fingertips…at last. Introducing the Whistleblowing Without Fear app.
Article by Werner Bouwer, in collaboration with Brendan Grealy and Michelle Perrow When I presented my first awareness training session 15 years ago to a listed company’s staff, and the employees started explaining why they didn’t feel…
Are some organisations cults?
Thought piece by Annie Ou Yang No matter where you go in life, there are always rules for behaviour, written or unwritten, that need to be followed. In many ways, we are like schoolchildren waiting for school to end to be freed from all…
To nudge or not to nudge?
Lead article by Dr Paul Vorster Have you ever wondered how many of your decisions are really your own? It is scary to consider the age-old question of whether we as humans have agency in our world or what we would call ‘free will’. In…
More than ever before, South Africa needs moral heroes
Thought piece - Dr Paul Vorster Mass lootings, violence, political destabilization, and anarchy. You would be forgiven for believing that this must be some other war-torn country we all read about or see in the news. But you would be…
Local government: Flawed people or flawed system?
Lead article – Kris Dobie Good ethical leadership in local government is a rarity – and I have a premise about why this is the case. As of recently, this premise is also grounded in research, which should give it some more credence. The…
Applauding whistleblowers isn’t enough
By: Prof Deon Rossouw Whistleblowers played a key role in exposing fraud and corruption in both private and public sector organisations involved in state capture. Without the vital information disclosed by whistleblowers the exposure of…
Coding entrepreneurs in KiSwahili?
By: Dantia Richards Unlike some fathers teaching their children the names of their preferred rugby team players, the first thing my father taught me at the age of four (1979), were the names of all the then heads of state. I can still…
Parasites and parastatals
By: Dr Paul Vorster The Zondo Commission, an inquiry into state-capture, has revealed some very unsettling things. Our parastatals or state-owned enterprises are embroiled in so many unethical decisions and actions it staggers the mind.…