Alleged hit on justice department official foiled

Plans were quickly put in place to protect the official and their family. A whistleblower’s intervention has reportedly prevented an alleged assassination of a senior official in the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development. This was confirmed by minister Mmamoloko Kubayi. Kubayi said the whistleblower approached her about an “intention to kill a senior official” in the department “who refused to sign questionable contracts”. “Upon receiving this information, Minister Kubayi immediately contacted law enforcement agencies to investigate and protect the concerned official,” the department said. Plans were quickly put in place to protect the official and their family. “The matter is under investigation by law enforcement agencies, and we hope for a speedy breakthrough so that this threat can be permanently eliminated. “The actions of the senior official for which she is now being threatened with death are a demonstration that there are men and women of integrity in the public service who have dedicated their lives to serving the public,” the department added. Kubayi further praised the whistleblower. “Corruption is not a victimless crime, and that is what this senior official has understood. “She stood her ground and acted with integrity and conscientiousness, and for that we must be grateful. “Whistleblowers are critical to our fight against corruption because they help uncover what we would never have been able to uncover without them speaking out. Thanks to this courageous whistleblower, lives were saved,” she said.