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Two years today Babita Deokaran was gunned down


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Today marks exactly two years since the murder of whistle-blower Babita Deokaran. Deokaran was a senior Gauteng Department of Health Financial official and a key witness in several investigations looking into claims of corruption at the department during the COVID-19 pandemic. She was gunned down in the driveway of her home, south of Johannesburg. Yesterday,  all six men accused of her killing have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms of between six and 22 years 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. For more on this, Babita Deokaran's brother-in-law Pastor Tony Haripersadh, spoke to Elvis Presslin

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