Articles for Daneel Knoetze

Murder, rape and torture by police officers. Did IPID even investigate?

IPID used a category called “special closure” to close hundreds of such cases

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Feature | 18 November 2019

“I was furious” – former Police Committee chair reacts to IPID cover-up

Annelize van Wyk regrets that Parliament didn’t sufficiently hold police watchdog to account

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News | 24 October 2019

Viewfinder responds to Robert McBride

McBride’s critique of our exposé was surprising. He is on record agreeing with some of our article’s most important takeaways.

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Right to reply | 18 October 2019

IPID scrambles to contain fall-out ahead of Parliament appearance

Watchdog to present annual report on Thursday following findings of statistical manipulation

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News | 10 October 2019

Month’s end at IPID: A time for “killing files”?

The police watchdog completes a suspiciously large number of cases on certain dates

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News | 8 October 2019

Key takeaways: IPID’s cover-up of police brutality

There were over 42,000 criminal complaints against the police from April 2012 to March 2019, and only 531 successful prosecutions

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News | 7 October 2019

Viewfinder: IPID’s cover-up of police brutality in SA

Public records, government data, whistleblowers and victim testimony have converged to show how crimes by police officers have not been investigated properly

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Feature | 7 October 2019

Is Zandvliet poisoning Capetonians?

A nearby community is convinced it is, but test results are inconclusive

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Science | 1 February 2019