South Africa: Whistleblower Protection Guidebook
Published and written by PPLAAF in collaboration with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom.
Date of Publication: 9 December 2023
This guidebook offers practical guidance on leveraging existing legal provisions and mechanisms to empower and support whistleblowers in South Africa.
PPLAAF works with whistleblowers across the region and has collaborated with various civil society organisations that support and protect whistleblowers. This guidebook continues this effort by producing a comprehensive resource of the extensive range of legislation safeguarding whistleblowers, which is equally accessible to legal practitioners, civil society, and whistleblowers.
This guidebook will be useful for whistleblowers who are determining whether to make a disclosure or who have made a disclosure and require guidance on how to navigate South Africa’s legal framework. Civil society institutions and plaintiff-side legal practitioners may also find this guidebook helpful as it distils certain key legislative provisions underpinning whistleblower law in South Africa. - PPLAAF