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Date | 23 August 2021 |
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Time | around 08:00 SAST |
Venue | Outside the home of the victim |
Location | Winchester Hills, Johannesburg South, Gauteng Province, South Africa[1] |
Coordinates | 26°16′29″S 28°01′19″E / 26.27476°S 28.02193°E |
Cause | Shooting |
Motive | Assassination of a witness in a corruption investigation |
Deaths | 1 |
Arrests | 6 |
Suspects |
Babita Deokaran was a South African whistleblower murdered for reporting corruption at the Gauteng Department of Health where she was working as the acting chief director financial accounting officer.