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Importance of integrity in the workplace

Integrity improvement and corruption prevention must be taken into consideration while implementing occupational safety and health (OSH) practices. What negative… Read More »

Doctor accused of fraud, 85, claims he is too old to go to trial.

An 85-year-old doctor claims he is too old to stand trial after being accused of providing a fake death certificate… Read More »

Babita Deokaran’s murder suspects six plead guilty

Babita Deokaran was murdered because she ” creating problems at work,”  the men who now admit to helping eliminate her… Read More »

Calls to protect South African whistleblowers following deaths

Between 2000 and 2021, there were 1,971 assassination instances reported in South Africa by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized… Read More »

Spine surgeon found guilty of receiving over $300,000 in kickbacks

In exchange for doing spine procedures at a now-defunct Long Beach hospital whose owner was imprisoned for committing a massive… Read More »

Employer-friendly guide to whistleblowing

Cases involving whistleblowers can be financially and reputationally harmful to the organizations they are brought against. Therefore, it’s crucial that… Read More »

Fleet manager for NDPP is given R3000 bail after being charged of R100K fuel card theft.

Jim Mohau Ntsasa, a worker for Bloemfontein’s Director of Public Prosecution, was detained for exceeding the R100,000 limit on his… Read More »

To combat corruption, whistleblowers need additional assistance.

Busi Mavuso, CEO of Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA), believes South Africa needs more support for whistleblowers if it is… Read More »

Victory for whistleblower as court orders reinstatement

A woman received compensation for the “punishment” she suffered after bringing attention to attempted nepotism in the department. The whistleblower… Read More »

South Africa’s new harassment guide employers need to know

According to the Code of Good Practice on the Prevention and Elimination of Harassment in the Workplace aggression, psychological abuse,… Read More »

The risks of wearing too many hats in the workplace when practicing leadership

Past failures at Boeing, WeWork and Facebook show why companies should avoid having the same person double as CEO and… Read More »

Bosses demand women ‘dress sexier’ for video calls

As working remotely becomes the norm, we’re seeing an alarming pattern emerging among sexist leadership teams. Bosses have been overstepping… Read More »

Stop asking job seekers about prior pay

Sadly, even today, equal pay for equal work is still not a reality. According to 2016 U.S. Census data, women… Read More »

Will we see more women leaders because of the pandemic?

From New Zealand to Germany, from Iceland to Taiwan, women are setting the global bar on how to lead effectively… Read More »

Rather than blaming people for starting the corona outbreak, let’s work together to end it

Worldwide, Asian people are facing increased discrimination, as many blame China for the coronavirus outbreak. Globally, we’re seeing spikes in… Read More »

Medical aid schemes caught in a vice between fraud and claims of racial profiling

Fraud against medical aid schemes is a big problem worldwide. But in South Africa, there is another aspect to the… Read More »

Sterling’s dark, dirty secret: a culture of sexual harassment and unequal pay for women

While the #MeToo Movement shone a global spotlight on the entertainment industry, it’s painfully clear that the problem is just… Read More »

Why open secrets exist in organisations

In 2017, the New York Times broke the now widely-known scandal of media mogul Harvey Weinstein’s apparent decades-long pattern of… Read More »