#PODCAST Six men plead guilty to the murder of Babita Deokaran

By Newsbreak Producer, Shona Terri Naidoo - On the eve of the murder of whistleblower Babita Deokaran two years ago, the six men accused of the crime, have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms in the High Court in Johannesburg. They pleaded guilty to the charges of murder and attempted murder. This after the accused entered into a plea agreement with the state. Deokaran was gunned down outside her home in Winchester Hills, south of Johannesburg, in August 2021. Deokaran was a senior finance official in the Gauteng Health Department. At the time of her murder, she had flagged suspicious payments worth 850-million rand to various companies.  SABC Reporter Prabashini Moodley was at the court ......