SA is facing a political crisis with "dysfunctional, weak and retreating state institutions", and simultaneously focusing on fixing them while combatting corruption is the only way forward, says former deputy SARS commissioner Ivan Pillay.
South Africa is in a situation that is close to emergency conditions. And it’s important that big business acts in coordination with civil society, and other sectors and organisations, to leverage its power to save our country and our democracy.
The Platform to Protect Whistleblowers in Africa and partners is holding a Whistleblower Protection Week; Daily Maverick is hosting a webinar on ‘My Vote Counts: Internal democracy in the ANC and the party’s upcoming elective conference’; and the Helen Suzman Memorial Lecture is taking place at.