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21/10/2026

Global Ethics Day.

Ethics isn’t just about knowing what’s right - it’s about having the courage to do what’s right, even when no one is watching.

At Courage Hub, we believe integrity, community, courage and truth are the foundations of a better world.

Choose courage. Act with integrity. Make a difference.

20/10/2026

Acting Justice Tembeka Ngcukaitobi unpacks South Africa’s Constitution and Bill of Rights in an interactive lecture with learners at the Constitutional Court. He explains who the Constitution protects, the distinction between rights reserved for citizens and those enjoyed by everyone, and what this means for access to education, healthcare and protection from violence.

Through practical examples and questions from the students, he explores what the right to basic education should mean in their own classrooms, why rights come with responsibilities, and how ordinary people give meaning to the Constitution. The discussion also tackles discrimination against migrants, gender-based violence, frustrations over service delivery, landmark court judgments and accountability when government fails to comply with court orders.

At its heart is Ngcukaitobi’s idea of “constitutionalism from below”: a Constitution that people must actively build, defend and bring to life in their communities.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl4ZMacH0Z0

Acting Justice Tembeka Ngcukaitobi unpacks South Africa’s Constitut...

19/10/2026

In this lively closing segment of Courage Hub South Africa’s Talking Ethix Youth Podcast Series, Kia van Oerle and Kagiso Ngoye share their candid views on South Africa, leadership, corruption, integrity and the future.

Through a series of rapid-fire questions, the two young women offer honest, sometimes humorous and thought-provoking reflections on their generation and the challenges facing the country. Their responses highlight the importance of giving young South Africans a voice and encouraging open conversations about ethics, responsibility and the future of our democracy.

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15/10/2026

In this episode of Courage Hub’s 'Youth Podcast Series,' Kia Van Oerle and Kagiso Ngoye reflect on what it means to be part of South Africa’s “born free” generation.

While recognising the hardships faced by earlier generations, they question whether being born into democracy means being truly free.

Their conversation explores the gap between the promise of freedom and today’s realities, and how different generations understand freedom.

For the full podcast, click the link below.
https://youtu.be/A_j515OaRj0

06/10/2026

Day 45 of 45 | Whistleblower Stories | Courage Gallery | Rosemary Hunter.

Rosemary Hunter practised in pensions and employee-benefits law before entering public service. Her professional profile records more than 25 years’ experience, including advising retirement funds, regulators and government bodies, teaching pension law at the University of the Witwatersrand, and co-authoring and editing a leading South African pension-law text. After her fixed-term FSB appointment ended, she returned to legal.

Rosemary Hunter’s whistleblowing concerned the Financial Services Board (FSB) — now replaced by the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) — and its handling of a large-scale pension-fund deregistration process.

In brief:
Rosemary Hunter was appointed deputy registrar of pension funds at the FSB in 2013. She later raised concerns about what was known as the FSB’s “cancellation project,” in which nearly 7,000 dormant pension funds were deregistered between 2007 and 2013. [mg.co.za]

Her allegation was that the FSB had failed to exercise proper oversight before cancelling funds, and that some funds were cancelled even though they still had assets or members/beneficiaries owed money. [mg.co.za]

According to reporting by Mail & Guardian, Hunter went to court in 2016 to challenge the lawfulness of the cancellation project and compel investigation into the deregistered funds. Although she ultimately lost her final Constitutional Court attempt, her efforts helped expose problems in the process. [mg.co.za]
One significant outcome was that Liberty reportedly admitted that 130 funds had been incorrectly cancelled, involving about R100 million owed to roughly 3,000 people, and began reinstating some funds through the High Court. [mg.co.za]

Her case also helped catalyse wider activism around unpaid pension benefits, including the Unpaid Benefits Campaign, which focused attention on pensioners and former workers — including former mineworkers — who were owed benefits. [mg.co.za]

The Whistleblower House describes Hunter’s experience as involving resistance from colleagues and superiors after she questioned rushed deregistrations where proper due diligence on assets and liabilities had allegedly not been done. [whistleblo...rhouse.org]

So, the core of her whistleblowing was: she challenged the FSB’s deregistration of thousands of pension funds without adequate checks, warning that people could lose access to benefits still owed to them.

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05/10/2026

Day 44 of 45 | Whistleblower Stories | Courage Gallery | Johann Van Loggerenberg.

Johann van Loggerenberg served at SARS in senior investigative roles connected to organised crime, illicit trade, tax evasion, corruption, and high-risk investigations. His whistleblowing is closely associated with the period commonly referred to as State Capture in South Africa and with the public controversy later labelled the “SARS rogue unit” saga.

In his own published account, Van Loggerenberg says his whistleblowing began in late 2009 and continued into 2010, while he was overseeing SARS units tasked with combatting organised crime and corruption. He states that he observed patterns linking organised crime groups, politically connected figures, law-enforcement officials, state intelligence operatives, and business interests, including illicit trade networks. He says he raised these concerns internally at SARS and submitted files containing supporting evidence, but that the warnings were not acted upon.

According to that account, pressure against the investigative units intensified by 2013 and early 2014, including political pressure, threats, bribery attempts, and attacks against officials involved in sensitive investigations. In February 2014, he says he accompanied SARS leadership to meet the then-President and handed over a protected disclosure with annexures. Rather than resolving the matter, the controversy escalated into public allegations about an unlawful SARS intelligence or “rogue” unit.

From 2014 onward, Van Loggerenberg and other SARS officials were subjected to investigations, disciplinary pressure, and public criticism. He later described the experience as years of whistleblower trauma. Subsequent public reporting, inquiries, and court processes challenged or discredited important aspects of the “rogue unit” narrative, including findings relied on in later reports.

His story highlights the grave risks faced by those who courageously expose corruption..

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Picture: Bongani Shilubane