Whistleblower Babita Deokaran’s brother Prakesh says they are hopeful as a family that justice will prevail in relation to her murder.
Today [August 23] is exactly a year since she was shot and killed outside her home in Johannesburg south, in what appears to have been a hit.
Six men charged with her murder are expected to appear in the Johannesburg High Court on Wednesday.
The accused were arrested less than a week after the murder.
Her brother says they are also hoping that more arrests will be effected.
He was speaking to SABC News outside Babita’s home where a wreath-laying ceremony is being held in her remembrance.
“Well, we always trusted the justice system. So far, to date … I won’t say we’re absolutely content about it. Because at the end of the day, remember it is a big picture than just the six of them that they did catch. So, hence we want whoever [mastermind] was involved to come to the fore and must be brought to book,” adds Deokaran.
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The Presidency has, meanwhile, slammed the Gauteng government for instituting an investigation into Deokaran’s death one year later.
Babita Deokaran’s brother Rakesh reflecting on her sister a whistle blower, gunned down on this day last year outside her JHB home. Six men arrested for her murder due in court tomorrow. She was a key witness in a SIU probe into PPE corruption in Gauteng. #sabcnews pic.twitter.com/Y68GTmLnmA
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