Whistleblowers and activists join forces to fight Prasa looting
Activist organisation #UniteBehind joins ConCourt proceedings to support dismissed Prasa executives Martha Ngoye and Tiro Holele, as they request the apex court to reconsider its decision not to hear their appeal.
Whistleblowers Martha Ngoye and Tiro Holele played a crucial role in their efforts to prevent widespread looting at the Passenger Rail Agency South Africa (PRASA), according to an affidavit by activist Zackie Achmat in a Constitutional Court application. Ngoye and Holele, who were fired by PRASA in 2021 for their honesty and refusal to turn a blind eye to corruption, were reinstated by the Labour Court but overturned by the Labour Appeal Court.
The Constitutional Court declined to hear an appeal, leaving Ngoye and Holele with the last option to have their whistleblower status recognized and be reinstated at PRASA. Achmat's activist organization, #UniteBehind, which was introduced to Ngoye and Holele by former PRASA board chair Popo Molefe, has applied to intervene in the court case or be admitted as amicus curiae.
Achmat argues that their fight to expose corruption at PRASA is inextricably linked and that the Labour Appeal Court and Constitutional Court failed to consider the larger picture when dismissing the whistleblowers.
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