ABSTRACT
South Africa is credited for officially acknowledging the key role of the whistleblower in organizations through advanced legislation contained in the Protected Disclosures Act (PDA) of 2000. This chapter refers to examples in the South African context, but specifically focuses on the RSA parliamentary "Travelgate" case. Critical questions are raised about the moral dilemmas of the whistleblower, the public and corporate image of the whistleblower, the socio-ethical environment, as well as the further ethical implications of this critique. In order to develop and understanding of the meaning and effect of the PDA, it would be appropriate and necessary to look at concrete cases. Two basic reasons support this next step to be taken: rights, and no less the right of protection against victimization relating to an act of whistleblowing, really obtain meaning within the concrete context of the law "running its course".
