{"id":31212,"date":"2026-04-09T13:32:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T11:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=31212"},"modified":"2026-04-09T13:32:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T11:32:53","slug":"sa-justice-minister-unveils-protected-disclosure-bill","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-justice-minister-unveils-protected-disclosure-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"SA Justice Minister unveils Protected Disclosure Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">South Africa&#8217;s (SA) Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, has officially released the Protected Disclosure Bill.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The Bill is aimed at strengthening the country&#8217;s legal framework for the protection of individuals who disclose information on unlawful or irregular conduct in both the public and private sectors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">This Bill comes after the Zondo Commission identified gaps in the Protected Disclosures Act, which provides protection for whistle-blowers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Among the gaps identified are unclear procedures, weak protections, and limited support.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":31207,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-31212","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Kubayi, has officially released the Protected Disclosure Bill","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31212","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\/31212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31213,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31212\/revisions\/31213"}],"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=31212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=31212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}