'Witnessing corruption and remaining silent makes one complicit', says Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng
This is according to Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng who has called on South Africans to become whistleblowers in sectors of society that they are in.
“What are you prepared to suffer for? What a shame, if just because of that publicity, or criticism from one source or the other, or the risk of being fired, you become a participant in stealing the resources that are supposed to help the poor,” said Mogoeng to loud applause. “When you are in the company of thieves, of criminals, and you only say ‘you know it’s not right to be a thieve, criminality is wrong’, but do not focus on who the thief is and how they go about stealing what needs to be done to them, they will be joining you. They will come up with profound statements in relation to just how wrong theft and criminality is,” said Mogoeng.
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