Rather protect our whistle-blowers

Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development Mmamoloko Kubayi effectively implied that former Ekurhuleni cop Marius van der Merwe was partly responsible for his own death at the hands of assassins on Friday night - because he refused a government offer of witness protection.

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People who know him have strenuously denied the offer was ever made, pointing out that the security company owner - who testified at the Madlanga commission - feared for his life and turning down protection would have made no sense.