{"id":31206,"date":"2026-04-09T13:13:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T11:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=31206"},"modified":"2026-04-09T13:13:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T11:13:49","slug":"sa-unveils-bill-to-strengthen-whistle-blower-protection","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-unveils-bill-to-strengthen-whistle-blower-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"SA unveils Bill to strengthen whistle-blower protection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa\u2019s (SA) Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, has released the new Protected Disclosure Bill aimed at improving protections for whistle-blowers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The proposed law seeks to strengthen safeguards for individuals who report unlawful or irregular conduct in both the public and private sectors.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It follows findings by the Zondo Commission, which highlighted several shortcomings in the current Protected Disclosures Act, including unclear procedures, weak protections and limited support for those who come forward.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Government says the new Bill is intended to close these gaps and create a safer, more supportive environment for whistle-blowers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":31207,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-31206","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"SA Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, has released the new Protected Disclosure Bill","published_date":"2026-04-09 13:11:55","news_description":"SA Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, has released the new Protected Disclosure Bill","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31208,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31206\/revisions\/31208"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=31206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}