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
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
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.
Right to reply | 18 October 2019
Police watchdog: report on statistical manipulation allegations due next week
IPID accounts to Parliament
News | 10 October 2019
IPID scrambles to contain fall-out ahead of Parliament appearance
Watchdog to present annual report on Thursday following findings of statistical manipulation
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
By Daneel Knoetze and Laura Grant
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
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
Feature | 7 October 2019
Is Zandvliet poisoning Capetonians?
A nearby community is convinced it is, but test results are inconclusive
Text by Daneel Knoetze. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Science | 1 February 2019