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 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 ...

Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, Minister in the Presidency, spoke out in support of the government’s witness protection programme This comes after the brutal murder of Marius van der Merwe, known as Witness D, ...

Witnesses, who are testifying at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry into the police impropriety, need more protection now that one of them has been murdered. Marius “Vlam” van der Merwe, who testified ...

A key whistle-blower in the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry, former EMPD officer Marius van der Merwe, was shot dead outside his Brakpan home on Friday night. He was killed instantly by two AK-47 shots ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

A TikTok video highlighted the dangers faced by whistleblowers in South Africa, detailing multiple high-profile assassinations The story reveals gaps in witness protection and systemic corruption that ...

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 ...

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 ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed shock and sadness over the murder of Madlanga Commission witness Marius van der Merwe, who was gunned down at his home in Brakpan, Ekurhuleni, on Friday evening ...