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Revealed: how whistleblowers worked with activists to stem PRASA looting

12 August 2026 by Guest

Martha Ngoye and Tiro Holele were fired after they blew the whistle

Zachie Achmat said in an affidavit that Ngoye and Holele were dismissed for their honesty and refusal to “turn a blind eye to corruption” within PRASA. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Activist organisation #UniteBehind has applied to intervene in a Constitutional Court application by Martha Ngoye and Tiro Holele, who have been fighting their dismissal by PRASA for five years.
An affidavit by Zackie Achmat reveals how Ngoye and Holele worked with activists to expose the widespread looting at the passenger rail agency.
The Labour Court previously ruled that the whistleblowers be reinstated, but this was overturned by the Labour Appeals Court and the Constitutional Court declined to hear the matter.
The whistleblowers and #UniteBehind now want the apex court to…

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