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[File Image]: A candlelight ceremony in memory of slain Gauteng Health senior official and corruption fighter, Babita Deokaran.
The South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) General Secretary, Zwelinzima Vavi, has called on the South African Police Service (SAPS) and the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to ensure that the mastermind behind the murdered whistleblower, Babita Deokaran, face the full might of the law.
Today marks four years since Deokaran was assassinated after she halted R850 million in suspicious payments to hundreds of companies linked to Tembisa Hospital.
Vavi was addressing family and friends of Deokaran gathered at the housing complex where she lived in Winchester Hills in Johannesburg.
Video | Vavi calls on SAPS, SIU to ensure mastermind faces full might of the law:
Vavi says the person who paid criminals was identified by the police and was eliminated and therefore, he will not reveal where the money came from.
“As we speak here, we don’t know who the masterminds are. We are, therefore, standing here to make a call to the SIU, police and to the state as whole … we want to know who planned, who hired, who offered money to the crooks, who came here to kill Babita. Our souls will not rest until we find out who are the planners of this deed. We won’t let Babita die in vain. And our suspicion the money would have probably came from Tembisa hospital itself,” says Vavi.
*Press Release.*
Input by @Zwelinzima1 Vavi, General secretary of @SAFTU.
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