Slain Gauteng health official was an SIU witness in PPE investigation

[Jugo]

I see you still offer nothing of value to this forum.

Seconded.

 

[TheChamp]

Seven people arrested for murder of Gauteng health dept official Babita Deokaran | News24

Police have arrested seven people for the murder of Gauteng health department official Babita Deokaran.

www.news24.com

 

[R13...]

Seven people arrested for murder of Gauteng health dept official Babita Deokaran | News24

Police have arrested seven people for the murder of Gauteng health department official Babita Deokaran.

www.news24.com

Arrested in KZN. Where else? Suppose the province now had a side economy trading in assassins.

 

[ForceFate]

Arrested in KZN. Where else? Suppose the province now had a side economy trading in assassins.

It's been the case for many years now. Political, taxi industry...you name it.

 

[Mista_Mobsta]

10/10 for the arrests BUT the Hawks need to find the head of the snake. Until that head is found and decapitated publicly, the corruption in SA will just speed up whilst Uncle Taxman rapes more taxpayers to fund more Mercs and BMW's alongside the R10mio houses in Woodhill...

 

[R13...]

A sad indictment,

I should hope this person is a former official at the very least. At best, he must be rotting in a cell somewhere:

A day after the murder, employees from the GD0H visited Deokaran’s family and informed them that a senior official in the department had made threats to Deokaran.

 

[ToxicBunny]

A sad indictment,

I should hope this person is a former official at the very least. At best, he must be rotting in a cell somewhere:

And Zapiro nails his cartoon completely again...

 

[Jefferson D'Arcy]

Bizarre (though perhaps not unexpected) that this is not the biggest story in the land.

 

[ForceFate]

Bizarre (though perhaps not unexpected) that this is not the biggest story in the land.

It was the big story on twitter for 2 days.

 

[TheChamp]

Babita Deokaran’s killers stalked her for over a month - Reports

Deokaran, who was a witness in Gauteng's personal protective equipment (PPE) corruption scandal, was gunned down outside her house last Monday after dropping her daughter off at school.

ewn.co.za

 

[TheChamp]

DM168 AGE OF THE ASSASSIN: Slain whistle-blower Babita Deokaran potentially unveiled a criminal syndicate at the Department of Health

Vital piece of information after assassination of Gauteng Department of Health Acting Chief Financial Officer Babita Deokaran enables investigators to trace a vehicle at the scene to a former South African National Defence Force member residing in the Pretoria area.

www.dailymaverick.co.za

 

[ToxicBunny]

DM168 AGE OF THE ASSASSIN: Slain whistle-blower Babita Deokaran potentially unveiled a criminal syndicate at the Department of Health

Vital piece of information after assassination of Gauteng Department of Health Acting Chief Financial Officer Babita Deokaran enables investigators to trace a vehicle at the scene to a former South African National Defence Force member residing in the Pretoria area.

www.dailymaverick.co.za

Its a given that she had unearthed a criminal syndicate, and had enough info to identify the major role players. The biggest question is whether she had the time to hand that information over to the SIU in a legally admissible fashion before these lowlives ended her life.

 

[surface]

DM168 AGE OF THE ASSASSIN: Slain whistle-blower Babita Deokaran potentially unveiled a criminal syndicate at the Department of Health

Vital piece of information after assassination of Gauteng Department of Health Acting Chief Financial Officer Babita Deokaran enables investigators to trace a vehicle at the scene to a former South African National Defence Force member residing in the Pretoria area.

www.dailymaverick.co.za

I don't think killing of whistleblowers is as common in SA or maybe it is not publicized that much? The fact that she had to be killed suggests many high level officials involved in this or maybe just one of them who is out-and-out criminal.

 

[TheChamp]

I don't think killing of whistleblowers is as common in SA or maybe it is not publicized that much? The fact that she had to be killed suggests many high level officials involved in this or maybe just one of them who is out-and-out criminal.

Maybe what has changed is the new will from the NPA to prosecute, in the good old days it wouldn't be necessary, just make you are on the right side of the faction and watch them go after Jamnadas.

 

[ForceFate]

I don't think killing of whistleblowers is as common in SA or maybe it is not publicized that much? The fact that she had to be killed suggests many high level officials involved in this or maybe just one of them who is out-and-out criminal.

Yeah, I think it has to do with involvement of high level politicians in the matter. Remember how witnesses in Kreijcir's case were also assassinated?

 

[R13...]

Its a given that she had unearthed a criminal syndicate, and had enough info to identify the major role players. The biggest question is whether she had the time to hand that information over to the SIU in a legally admissible fashion before these lowlives ended her life.

Sadly, you can't rule out the possibility these scum don't have collaborators at the SIU and other law agencies. Controls in government are too weak and there's not desire to tighten as the leaders and people who craft controls want backdoors in.

 

[surface]

Maybe what has changed is the new will from the NPA to prosecute, in the good old days it wouldn't be necessary, just make you are on the right side of the faction and watch them go after Jamnadas.

yeah, good point. There were no repercussions before. We need to thank wmc puppet for instilling European values.

 

[TheChamp]

And guess which country the murderers are from? We should cut all diplomatic ties with that country.

 

[ToxicBunny]

Sadly, you can't rule out the possibility these scum don't have collaborators at the SIU and other law agencies. Controls in government are too weak and there's not desire to tighten as the leaders and people who craft controls want backdoors in.

I think its also a given that these scum have collaborators (if not even senior syndicate members) in the SIU and all other law agencies.

Its partly why we're seeing small fry and middle men getting pinged by law enforcement but we have yet to see any real big fish being nailed in my opinion. They throw the expendables under the bus to avoid prosecution for the big boys.

 

[yebocan]

Pretty much sums up, where we at :

The assassination of individuals is an underworld trademark. Eric Pelser, a senior researcher at the Institute for Security Studies, said: “The murder of Deokaran shows there is no distinction between the criminal organised network in the underworld and that embedded in state departments.

“It is a criminal [ecosystem] and their modus operandi are the same. The purpose is to extract maximum profit through illicit dealings, price escalation and extortion. Tender processes in state departments are hijacked by the [ecosystem].”

The operation of this criminal ecosystem, he explains, includes corrupt officials who, for example, infiltrate the tender process, committing fraud and making sure the preferred bidder gets the tender.

For this role the official gets a kickback, he added, and everyone in that criminal chain gets compensated.

“If a disruption in the [ecosystem], which impedes … their ability to pay off those in the system, is detected the network will introduce measures to get rid of the threat. In this case it appears as though Deokaran was a whistle-blower,” Pelser said.

DM168 AGE OF THE ASSASSIN: Slain whistle-blower Babita Deokaran potentially unveiled a criminal syndicate at the Department of Health

Vital piece of information after assassination of Gauteng Department of Health Acting Chief Financial Officer Babita Deokaran enables investigators to trace a vehicle at the scene to a former South African National Defence Force member residing in the Pretoria area.

www.dailymaverick.co.za