STILL NO JUSTICE FOR BRAVE WHISTLEBLOWER

Pamela Mabini played key role in exposing televangelist pastor Timothy Omotoso

- NICOLA DANIELS

IT has been nine months and police are no closer to catching the killers of brave whistleblower and community activist, Pamela Mabini, who was instrumental in the arrest of Nigerian televangelist pastor Timothy Omotoso for alleged sex trafficking.

Mabini was shot and killed in her car, on the morning of March 7, outside her KwaZakhele home in Gqeberha where the 46-year-old lived with her mother, two siblings and her niece.

Her murder sparked widespread outcry and came just one month before Omotoso and his two co-accused were acquitted of all charges, including rape, sexual assault and human trafficking.

Eastern Cape police spokesperson, Sandra Janse van Rensburg told the Cape Times that investigations were ongoing and that no arrests had been made. Mabini was recently among those awarded the 2025 Blueprint Africa Whistleblowing Prize for her bravery.

Between 2015 and 2017 the Cultural, Linguistic and Religious Rights Commission (CRL) did an investigative study into Commercialisation of Religion and Abuse of People's Belief Systems. The CRL said that during this time, Mabini came forward about a case of alleged sexual violation and possible human trafficking in South Africa by a religious leader.