Whistleblowing: A governance responsibility for every organisation

Recent corruption investigations in South Africa have once again highlighted the important role whistleblowers can play in bringing potential wrongdoing to light.While much of the public debate has focused on government and state institutions, the same question applies to the private sector: "Do employees feel safe and confident enough to speak up when something doesn't look right?," says David Loxton, CEO at Loxton Forensics.The ACFE’s 2026 Occupational Fraud Report highlights just how important whistleblowing can be as a fraud-detection mechanism. Tips were responsible for detecting 43% of occupational-fraud cases, compared with 14% detected through internal audit and 13% through management…