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Accountability journalism in South Africa, with current focus on police brutality and oversight failures. Latest: #PoliceAccountabilityTracker https://t.co/M9vRtsPtf2
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Joined July 2019
We've won the Global Shining Light Award for our sustained reporting on @SAPoliceService brutality and impunity in SA. Grateful for the recognition from @gijn, and for a great conference in Gothenburg.
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ICYMI: @henry_nxumalo & @viewfinderjourn invite journalists & editors in the SADC region to apply for grants & editorial support to produce investigative reporting projects. An information session will be held online on July 2. Deadline: July 8. https://t.co/YlsxAL51G8
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From @GroundUp_News. It is extremely rare that torture, beatings and the murder of people who fall foul of @SAPoliceService is caught on camera. This stands in for 1000s of cops who abuse with impunity every year. Law changes can help keep them in check:
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Editor’s note: this story was co-published with GroundUp. Police brutality is rampant in South Africa. Every few months, a video of a shooting or assault reminds us of that. More than many other...
Here is an abbreviated version of the 11 minute video showing @SAPoliceService members assaulting Juma Igiranieza at his place of work in Mowbray. (Warning: violent and distressing) For full story and video: https://t.co/SfzQxJXhn1
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Thank you to Clarence Ford at @CapeTalk for hosting @viewfinderjourn yesterday. Here's the podcast, in case you didn't catch Daneel. https://t.co/FwCvKsWfXt
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[ON AIR] why is Police brutality is a big problem and pervasive in South Africa? Daneel Knoetze is editor of @viewfinderjourn. His investigation of police brutality and the failures of @IPID_ZA on #SAfmSunrise with @StephenGrootes #sabcnews
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🌠 The Global Shining Light award ceremony, which was held at #GIJC23, is now on YouTube! Watch winners @IrlMacedonia, @viewfinderjourn, @NetraNews, @ArmandoInfo, @elpais_inter, @BBCAfrica, @RFERL hear the news and collect the award! https://t.co/9VY8xR0eYF
#GSLA
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Catch editor Daneel Knoetze on @Radio702 with @MandyWiener at 12:40 discuss how @ParliamentofRSA must use law changes to address @SAPoliceService brutality. Watchdog @IPID_ZA must be supported, cop commanders must step up. Read our argument to parly: https://t.co/CwL2MLJEUh
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Remember Cape Town cop Sgt Gabriels? He stayed on duty after he was implicated in deadly torture. If @IPID_ZA law change is messed up, this will become the norm. We argued in @ParliamentofRSA for @SAPoliceService responsibility to handle brutal cops. Read: https://t.co/CwL2MLJEUh
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.@IPID_ZA's 189 investigators handled 46,333 cases of police criminality last year! @ParliamentofRSA asked us to comment on the IPID Act law change. This is how IPID must be strengthened and @SAPoliceService must step up on brutality: https://t.co/CwL2MLJEUh
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Brutal cops stay on duty because @SAPoliceService refuse to discipline them. Can changes to @IPID_ZA force police accountability in SA? We argue they can. Here's how @ParliamentofRSA can help fix brutality:
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Editor’s note: this story was co-published with GroundUp. Police brutality is rampant in South Africa. Every few months, a video of a shooting or assault reminds us of that. More than many other...
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Police brutality is a big problem. Here’s how to change the law to fix it Read OP-ED https://t.co/1SoOciGm3T by Daneel Knoetze (@viewfinderjourn) and David Bruce (@issafrica). Photo by @AshrafRSA
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New @IPID_ZA Act can help root out brutal cops. We recently presented to @ParliamentofRSA, and argued that the watchdog should be given respite (their 189 investigators' workload is 46,333 cases!) and @SAPoliceService commanders must step up. Read here:
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Editor’s note: this story was co-published with GroundUp. Police brutality is rampant in South Africa. Every few months, a video of a shooting or assault reminds us of that. More than many other...
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Huge congratulations to #DaneelKnoetze of @viewfinderjourn in South Africa & Nigeria's @ankaboy of #BBCAfricaEye on winning the GIJN Global Shining Light Awards in their respective categories at #GIJC23! Details on winning stories ⬇️
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The GSLA honors watchdog journalism in developing or transitioning countries, carried out under threat or in perilous conditions — and the 2023 competition attracted applications from 84 countries.
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Underway is the Niche media products @AfricaMedia2023 facilitated by @explainZA presented by @viewfinderjourn @HealtheNews & @healthformzansi on their experiences and best practices in their work. Sharing tips on sustainability given their niche offering #AMP2023
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Investigations by @News24's @wicks_jeff, @ankaboy for @BBCAfrica, & @viewfinderjourn's Daneel Knoetze are finalists in the 2023 Global Shining Light Awards. Winners will be revealed at the #GIJC23 in Sept. Details in GIJN's Africa newsletter for June 👉 https://t.co/1yo50Eqx96
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GIJN's Africa newsletter for June is out! Check out... 👉 Global Shining Light Award finalists: @viewfinderjourn, @News24, #BBCAfricaEye 👉 Calls for input by @AIJC_Conference & @jamlabafrica's #Jamfest2023 👉 Lots of Global IJ Opportunities, etc Details: https://t.co/1yo50Er4YE
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More than 80% of 10-year-olds in South Africa cannot read for meaning. Watch @viewfinderjourn & @GroundUp_News's investigation into our country's #ReadingCrisis, produced for @carteblanchetv to find out why.
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The @DBE_SA told Parliament yesterday that #Covid is to blame for SA's poor child literacy rates, but critics says that is not the only cause. Report by @HumanLiezl. https://t.co/x9M7edetB5
#ReadingCrisis
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Editor’s note: this story was co-published with GroundUp. In Parliament on Tuesday, the Department of Basic Education (DBE) blamed poor literacy rates and the failure of its National Reading Plan...
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ICYMI: @Viewfinderjourn is a finalist in the @GIJN #GlobalShiningLightAwards (Small & Medium Outlet category). Editor Daneel Knoetze was recognised for his #AboveTheLaw series on police brutality and non-accountability, which you can read (& watch) here: https://t.co/FB0qhDSDsO
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Between April 2012 and March 2018, @IPID_ZA investigated the killings and deaths in custody of at least 39 children. As of March 2019, only one of these had resulted in a criminal conviction. https://t.co/TYNYlMlsHX
#PhilasandeYende
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IPID has investigated deaths in custody of dozens of children. Almost none of these cases resulted in convictions. The Nathaniel Julies murder case in Eldorado Park...
Philasande Yende — the face of our leaders’ misgovernance of the country https://t.co/ff117DJApy via @TimesLIVE
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