Former South African Airways treasurer and whistleblower Cynthia Stimpel speaks with Polity about the new organisation Whistleblower House, launched in February, as a civil society intervention to protect whistleblowers and provide them with access to services such as medical and psychological, legal and financial assistance.

The organisation is chaired by former deputy commissioner of SARS Ivan Pillay, with ethics expert Liezl Groenewald, High Court attorney Martha Ngoye, Stimpel and former Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse chief operating officer Ben Theron as directors.