South Africa’s fight against corruption is increasingly putting professionals in the crossfire, with those who investigate wrongdoing, challenge irregularities or simply refuse to look the other way facing
intimidation, career consequences and, in some cases, deadly violence. From Emfuleni’s finance official Martha Rantsofu to prosecutor Tracy Brown, insolvency practitioner Bouwer van Niekerk and
whistleblowers such as Babita Deokaran and Cynthia Stimpel, these cases raise a difficult question: what happens when doing your job with integrity puts your career, your safety and even your life at risk?