Tag Archives: Knysna SAPS

Same Shit Book #2 – Bad Cops (draft)

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There’s supposed to be a sequel to my ‘Same Shit Different Government: Book 1 – The Corruption & The Intimidation’. It’s name is/was to be ‘Book 2 – The Devil, The Deaf & The Dead’. I’d work out the outline, chapter headers and half the research. The contents mostly aimed at addressing the Great Knysna Fire, and Government failure regarding the Democratic Alliance corruption I’ve reported – the ANC has a lot to answer for. That book, the more important of the two, may never be. I share an incomplete … Read the full article…

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I Expect More Than This From the Police

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I expect more from the police. Last year, this was a comment about me by a Captain in our Knysna SAPS on a page run by a DA politician: “Poor man, must be a very lonely person. If only the people of Knysna would stop enabling him, he will have to pack his bags and go! Hopefully to a place far from here.” It’s an inappropriate response to me, an activist, fighting corruption. It’s no surprise that the comment was liked by a municipal employee who robbed our town, two … Read the full article…

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Will Parliament Protect Whistleblowers from the DA?

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Attention: Acting Chairperson Moses Mhlanga NCOP: Select Committee Petitions and Executive Undertakings Reference: Love Knysna Petition Date: June 4 2017 Print/Sent via Email: Email PROTECTION REQUESTED Honourable Chairperson Moses Mhlanga, On May 24 2017, at the third hearing of the Love Knysna Petition, you stated that witness Susan Campbell and I would be protected. Owing to renewed attack by the Democratic Alliance, I’m asking that you uphold your commitment. The following day, May 25, Knysna Municipality and Executive Mayor Eleanore Bouw-Spies issued a propaganda press release against us. It begins … Read the full article…

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The Knysna Murders – SAPS given new evidence

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3 people were brutally murdered in Knysna during a one-month period of Autumn, 2005. They became known as The Knysna Murders… Heinrich van Rooyen, a young DJ, was convicted for the murders of Jessica Wheeler (18) and Victoria Stadler (20). Aubrey Kemoetie and Byron Moses were convicted of killing Peter McHelm (48). More than eleven years later, the crimes remain the tourist town’s most infamous because the guilt of Van Rooyen is still disputed and whispered rumours of bad cops continue to be whispered. ALAN D. ELSDON INVESTIGATING Last Wednesday, … Read the full article…

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R600,000 Drug Bust in Fraaisig, Knysna

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Hot on the heels of the R27,000 Gray Street drug bust is the news that the Knysna SAPS arrested two men in Fraaisig who had an estimated R600,000 worth of tik and mandrax hidden in the panel of the Toyota Tazz they were driving. The bust was allegedly the result of a tip-off. The suspects are due to appear in the Knysna Magistrates’ Court this morning. Read the full article which only appears on the Crime Site website. The police never respond to me so if anyone else can confirm … Read the full article…

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Racism, SAPS, Cool Staff & Thesen Islands’ Gunman

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It was shocking to hear of a visitor to Knysna being involved in a scary incident of racism on Thesen Islands’ on December 11. It allegedly culminated in a white man running and pointing a gun towards a coloured man getting away in his car. The incident was apparently watched by many, by the staff and customers of Col’Cacchio’s Pizzeria, next to the kids’ playground. The victim’s fiancée claims that the Knysna SAPS then mistakenly arrested her partner. When this was made aware, both perpetrator and victim were taken to … Read the full article…

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Legal Updates: Mark Allan, Julie Seton, Greg Vogt, SAPS

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Please note that no one is guilty or innocent until they’ve presented their side and the Court has made a decision. On a personal level, there’s a lot more I’d like to express but the safest route for me is to simply give you this factual update: Advocate Julie Seton a.k.a. Julie Lopes: I have opened a case with the Knysna SAPS containing the allegation that she has contravened the interim protection order I have against her. The main action is on April 22 but if my new case is … Read the full article…

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Dear Colonel Michael Taylor, If I’m Arrested…

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Dear Colonel Michael Tayor, Station Commander for Knysna SAPS, please consider this if you arrest me… The duty of a policeman is to protect and serve, a constant pursuit of Justice. It’s supposed to be a calling, not a job, the employment of passionately, civicly minded people who operate as law enforcers of the public trust. For the Station Commander, the leader of such virtuous men and women, it’s imperative to be, along with the Chief Magistrate and the Control Prosecutor, the compass for a town’s morality. I contact you … Read the full article…

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