A woman who was put into the Witness Protection Program at seven years old has laid bare her horrifying experience, claiming she was taken from her home in the middle of the night by the government, ...

Pacifico Discaya II and Cezarah Rowena Discaya during the Senate Public Hearing on alleged anomalous flood control projects and other infrastructure held at the Senate of the Philippines, Pasay City, ...

The safety of whistleblowers has been in the spotlight this week following the murder of Marius van der Merwe, a witness at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry. Minister in The Presidency, Khumbudzo ...

Van der Merwe, also known as Witness D, was assassinated on Friday outside of his home in Brakpan, in Johannesburg's East Rand. Van der Merwe, who owned his own security business, testified before the ...

The state had a responsibility to protect Marius “Vlam” van der Merwe, who testified under the alias Witness D at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry into police impropriety, before he was fatally shot ...

The assassination of a witness at the end of the second phase of the Madlanga commission’s inquiry — during which those implicated in corruption in the criminal justice system responded to the ...

The Madlanga Commission and the NATJOINTS, along with the SANDF and the State Security Agency (SSA), have confirmed that they met on Saturday following the death of Marius van der Merwe, known as ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said Saturday he was "appalled and saddened" by the killing of a key witness in a police abuse case, pledging stronger safeguards for those who testify. Marius ...

On Friday evening, after reportedly going out for dinner with his wife, Witness D to the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry pulled up to his home in Brenthurst, Brakpan. He either waited for a gate to ...

Former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Undersecretary Roberto Bernardo has applied as state witness in the investigation into anomalous flood control projects, Independent Commission ...

A couple who entered the witness protection programme with their family have lost a Supreme Court appeal in which they claimed they were entitled to new birth certs under their new assumed names. The ...

The judicial commission of inquiry into corruption within the criminal justice system held a media briefing in Sandton, Johannesburg on 28 July 2025. Picture: Katlego Jiyane/EWN Serious concerns have ...