“To interdict … the SAPS from killing Bevan Loftus” — issued on the Friday
A father went to court on a Friday to try to stop the police from killing his son. The papers named a serving officer. No judge had ruled on it yet and the papers had not…
“The charge sheet had it the other way around”
A prosecutor told the Commission that by the time he took over a high-profile corruption case, two months after the arrests, he could not find the corruption. The case is…
A draft, or a signed instruction? Two IDAC officials on the same manual
IDAC has a manual that sets out how it is supposed to choose which cases to investigate. The manual says its own purpose is to make case selection "transparent, objective…
More “schizophrenic” affidavits?
An affidavit is not just a piece of paper. When someone commissions it, they are swearing that a specific person stood in front of them and signed it. That is the entire …
Fourteen days, and a Minister on copy
On 5 January 2025 a private investigator sent an email to a serving police Brigadier. He asked her questions and wanted answers by a set date — within 14 days, the Commis…
“I raised concerns from the onset” — an objection from inside IDAC
One of the prosecutors inside IDAC told the Commission she objected to how the Crime Intelligence cases were being handled, and that she said so from the start and kept s…
IDAC wrote down how it picks cases. The Commission now has the document.
IDAC has a rulebook for deciding which cases it takes on. Its own head, Advocate Johnson, signed it, along with the head of investigations, in October 2024. A witness des…
A bail condition, and the question of who it belongs to
An officer charged with offences is out on bail. One of her bail conditions stops her from going to her own workplace. She asked a court to change that condition, and the…
Compulsory powers, and an interview without the attorney
Investigators have legal powers to compel people to hand over documents and answer questions. Those powers come with limits, and this evidence contains a complaint that t…
Can phone data test a doctor's diagnosis?
A witness says he is too unwell to give evidence. The Commission has phone-location data and CCTV suggesting he has been moving about. His lawyers argue that footage and …
"It cannot happen in three days"
Security clearance is what lets a police officer see the state's most sensitive intelligence. Getting one is supposed to take weeks: background checks, financial checks, …
Who signed the letter that disbanded the task team?
Someone signed the letter that shut down a team investigating political murders — but the evidence cannot agree on who. One account points to Minister Cele, another to Mi…
Who is the Cold Case Unit answerable to?
Even the basic question — who does this unit answer to? — gets two opposite answers in the evidence. If nobody agrees who is in charge, nobody is clearly accountable for …
Advocate Andrea Johnson invokes s35(3)(j) self-incrimination protection
The person leading the investigation into corrupt police officials has told the Commission she may refuse to answer certain questions about her own conduct — using the sa…
Section 27 referral chain-of-custody gap
Before IDAC can investigate a corruption complaint, a specific legal document has to formally authorise it — think of it like the paperwork police need before they can ac…