New film deals with plight of whistle blowers
The South African Human Rights Commission says whistleblowing is an essential weapon in the fight against corruption.
Joburg Film Festival kicked off last week with the cast, industry personalities, media and other stakeholders coming together to watch for the first-time the political thriller movie, Death of a Whistleblower directed by Ian Gabriel.
Gabriel said, “The film’s sub-themes touches on corruption and exposure of criminality and corruption in South Africa.”
The lead role is played by Noxolo Dlamini, a journalist that experiences a friend being killed in front of her and decides to go on a chase to investigate the cause of the assassination.
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She then learns that the friend was chasing a story to expose the truth.
The most shocking whistle-blower killing to occur in South Africa in recent times was that of Babita Deokoran, mother, family woman and senior manager at the Gauteng Health Department.
Her attempts to prevent illicit Covid-19 procurement payments running into the hundreds of millions led to her ambush and death in a hail of bullets as she arrived home after dropping her daughter at school.
Perhaps the single most important obstacle to SA achieving the status it needs to achieve as a ‘moral’ Rainbow Nation.
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The thriller released last week on Amazon PRIME is inspired by several true South African whistle blower stories.
Death of a Whistleblower also stars Sthandiwe Kgoroge, Rob Van Vuuren and Irshaad Ally. It is produced by Tshepiso Chikapa Phiri from KAE.
The South African film shot early in 2023, deals with the increasing phenomenon of gangster style executions awaiting whistle blowers attempting to expose forms of institutional corruption.
