Corruption-busting lawyers watch their lives implode as they head to the dock

In this interview with BizNews, two top lawyers - who cracked open the Corruption Mafia at Fort Hare University - but are in the dock themselves on Monday, describe the implosion of their careers and their lives over the past year. Sarah Burger of Horizon Forensics says: “We do believe that it's politically charged…When you've done nothing wrong…and  you're completely innocent and there's not a shred of evidence against you, and you know that the work is completely above board and that the system is being used against you…Well, you're completely powerless.” Meanwhile, those responsible for the corruption they uncovered are escaping justice. “Not a single person - barring one - has been arrested….Those people are scot-free. And I've got no doubt that the university is once again overrun by the very syndicates that we put our lives on the line to dismantle.” Bradley Conradie - who used to serve as judge in the Labour Court for over 12 years - says: “We are ordinary people who were doing the right thing for six years and we never in our wildest dreams believed that we would ever spend a day of our lives in jail, let alone be pulled through a long case because it just couldn't happen to us in South Africa…let me tell you, if it can happen to us, it can happen to anyone.”