Allegations of murder, torture, corruption and abuse of power in the SANDF: Hennie Van Vuuren

Open Secrets has published a series with allegations of criminal activities within the South African National Defence Force. The organisation alleges there exists a rogue unit responsible for acts of torture and murder. According to Open Secrets, the group comprises the Special Forces Brigade, the Military Police, Defence Intelligence and Defence Legal Services and operates with impunity. The SANDF reportedly instituted a board of inquiry, headed by Brigadier-General John Moorhouse, to investigate complaints of alleged criminal activity within the military.
As part of the investigation, the inquiry is said to have heard testimonies from dozens of witnesses on corruption and abuse of power in the military.
However, six months after the conclusion of the inquiry, the report has not been made public and neither was it tabled before the portfolio committee of Defence.
Open Secrets Director Hennie Van Vuuren joins us virtually.
For more news, visit sabcnews.com and #SABCNews on all Social Media platforms.

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  • @wadefrank9065
    @wadefrank90655 ай бұрын

    Everything in South Africa is rotten. The fish rots from the head. ANC is a curse on this nation.

  • @SylviaMitchell-tz2sl

    @SylviaMitchell-tz2sl

    5 ай бұрын

    So much reason for us to go out in numbers 2024 to vote ANC out. Rotten MAFIAS 😂

  • @wilmaconradie8382

    @wilmaconradie8382

    5 ай бұрын

    How sad, I cry for our beloved country. 😭😭😟🙁🤬

  • @Professor_Stark
    @Professor_Stark5 ай бұрын

    South Africa is truly rotten with corruption in everything and every way. At this point after hearing this nothing can shock me anymore

  • @balsak007

    @balsak007

    5 ай бұрын

    Black people keep voting for corrupt incompetent evil party called the ANC

  • @SylviaMitchell-tz2sl

    @SylviaMitchell-tz2sl

    5 ай бұрын

    I agree 💯💯💯💯

  • @SaxonsGlory
    @SaxonsGlory5 ай бұрын

    There are few things more dangerous than a mixture of power, arrogance and incompetence. - Bob Herbert

  • @balsak007

    @balsak007

    5 ай бұрын

    Name that few things? There is none

  • @onkgopotsekeobaka7680
    @onkgopotsekeobaka76805 ай бұрын

    "When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked usurp rule, the people mourn." - Proverbs 29 v 2

  • @hlamegeoffrey3964
    @hlamegeoffrey39645 ай бұрын

    We are lead by evils, we are not safe at all

  • @YusufGinnah
    @YusufGinnah5 ай бұрын

    There's too many 'undercover' govt groups that act with impunity in South Africa...

  • @SaxonsGlory
    @SaxonsGlory5 ай бұрын

    Useful men, who do useful things, don't mind being treated as useless. But the useless always judge themselves as being important and hide all their incompetence behind authority. - Paulo Coelho

  • @SylviaMitchell-tz2sl

    @SylviaMitchell-tz2sl

    5 ай бұрын

    Agree 💯💯💯💯

  • @mariusbotha8983
    @mariusbotha89835 ай бұрын

    ANC is rotten into there core !!!

  • @benniinsuedafrika
    @benniinsuedafrika5 ай бұрын

    My ex-girlfriend was in the SANDF, i have never ever seen an army like that. Uncoordinated, no way of planning ahead, no schedules, no reason, nothing. Once she was scheduled to go on an 8 week course, it lasted 16 weeks. That's not an army. it's a catastrophe.

  • @accountretired9479

    @accountretired9479

    5 ай бұрын

    you are talking absolute garbage

  • @ntozakhemonco6332

    @ntozakhemonco6332

    5 ай бұрын

    “Uncoordinated, no reason, nothing” please stop lying man don’t let your hatred turn you into a lier 😂

  • @bhekisizwemthethwa341

    @bhekisizwemthethwa341

    5 ай бұрын

    She was just cheating on you man...

  • @scenes1229

    @scenes1229

    3 ай бұрын

    She definitely lied to you 😂🤣 she spent the other weeks with the ‘love of her life’

  • @quintonpainter8391
    @quintonpainter83915 ай бұрын

    Thank you for your informative narrative Hennie. It ought to be the duty of all implicated, concerned and objective thinking South Africans to appease and update themselves with the merits of any available and indisputable evidences. South Africans deserve the unequivocal truth and from impeccable sources before reacting and maybe storming speakers on stages

  • @mabefolamasasa4973
    @mabefolamasasa49735 ай бұрын

    Not news to me............not only in South Africa

  • @mikewood9514
    @mikewood95145 ай бұрын

    Jeeeesus.did not take long to bring up apartheid.

  • @truth-Hurts375

    @truth-Hurts375

    5 ай бұрын

    You cannot wish history away...Domkop

  • @balsak007

    @balsak007

    5 ай бұрын

    What has Jesus to do with this?

  • @MyCaptainSparrow

    @MyCaptainSparrow

    5 ай бұрын

    Are u an apartheid sympathisor?

  • @southafrica9179

    @southafrica9179

    5 ай бұрын

    Yip, apartheid has been dead and gone for more than 30 years, and they still trying to use it as an excuse for their failings...

  • @petroguilherme5549

    @petroguilherme5549

    5 ай бұрын

    True that .....they have forgotten how ruthless they were themselves

  • @user-zy1nf2yf7y
    @user-zy1nf2yf7y5 ай бұрын

    What you expect the lawless is ruling the country

  • @MaureenShai
    @MaureenShai5 ай бұрын

    Where are we going to run too,as the nation if SANDF and SAPS do such things we are on our own to protect our family

  • @d.athegreat3947

    @d.athegreat3947

    5 ай бұрын

    Jesus Christ, He will never forsake you.

  • @SylviaMitchell-tz2sl

    @SylviaMitchell-tz2sl

    5 ай бұрын

    So true 🤣🤣🤣

  • @quintonpainter8391
    @quintonpainter83915 ай бұрын

    As a retired General Staff officer of the SANDF, I am deeply concerned (and saddened) by the public reprehension aimed at the current leadership. Although there are any amount of criticism going around, I do NOT subscribe to the fact that the SANDF is involved in death- or torture squad activities (hitherto not proven in any substantive way). Since the compulsory military training was stopped and the commando system closed down, like in rugby, you find these armchair generals who will at the drop of a hat cry "wolf" - but are incapable of influencing anything. In every country in the world you have military/security intelligence at work for obvious reasons, and their questioning methodologies differ, but nowhere is it intended to be a "lovers'spat" .... but if and when you do involve yourself with treacherous or undue activities, accept the consequences .... or find yourself another field to play on!! However, the military/security services should NOT play at "cloak and daggers" sending out/shoot questionable arrows to this already highly politicized/sensitized peoples of SA!! .... points in question being the shenanigans by the ISIS in northern Mozambique, or the Lady R farce at Simonstown!!! ... in short, DO NOT underestimate or try to downgrade the intelligence of South Africans --- then don't feel aggrieved when they react neither!!!

  • @Meraikie
    @Meraikie5 ай бұрын

    Thank you Leanne, great interview! Poor South Africa... in the hands of the most evil persons.

  • @imhotep1613

    @imhotep1613

    5 ай бұрын

    Evil than your ancestors who invaded this part of our beloved continent since 1652 and still own more than 80% of the land ?

  • @JahBless72

    @JahBless72

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@imhotep1613lol if you work hard you might also own a piece of land one day!

  • @phumlamazibuko3003

    @phumlamazibuko3003

    5 ай бұрын

    ​​@@JahBless72plz you mean you inherited the stolen land😂😂😂 Is how you are proud to claim you worked for😂😂

  • @JahBless72

    @JahBless72

    5 ай бұрын

    @@phumlamazibuko3003 Dude Im a 24yr old Black man, I came from nothing but now have everything, hard work does pays off!

  • @kharbzi_Aletee

    @kharbzi_Aletee

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@JahBless72We don't care about your success story,it's exactly the kind like you who think they have made it who dnt really see the problem of whites owning so much of land,I already can tell you not from the Kasi ,stupid middle class blacks who dnt really know what it's like to live in concentration camps/squatter camps

  • @katlegomoatlanegi9305
    @katlegomoatlanegi93055 ай бұрын

    CORRUPTION IS EVERYWHERE

  • @eugenekearns9723
    @eugenekearns97235 ай бұрын

    And soldiers are warned that whatever happens are not to talk about it. Why don’t they interview some of the first year recruits, telling them to speak the truth.

  • @stanmarr4488

    @stanmarr4488

    5 ай бұрын

    Lol..First year recruits???...bud, they will be MOST difficult to get to spill the beans.. they are the ones who wants to prove that they are made for this...I've trained "with" (basically in the same vicinity) them...those guys won't even tell you which weapons they are being trained on..tight-lipped...they are called _"special forces"_ for a reason..

  • @user-bx9nu9id7d

    @user-bx9nu9id7d

    5 ай бұрын

    What would first year recruits know ? How the gave up p@$$y to be favorite. They talking about serious things here😂

  • @chaukelattovulture106

    @chaukelattovulture106

    5 ай бұрын

    There is no recruits at Special Forces. Only veterans, they will never tell you what happened.

  • @user-bx9nu9id7d

    @user-bx9nu9id7d

    5 ай бұрын

    @chaukelattovulture106 oh yea when a mods goes for selection and passed he was already considered a veteran? 🤣🤣🤣

  • @collenmoyo659
    @collenmoyo6595 ай бұрын

    its expected. That is the SANDF

  • @sabelokhoza1729

    @sabelokhoza1729

    5 ай бұрын

    U clearly have never heard of the CIA and Mi6 this is nothing compared to what they do 😂😂😂

  • @GODofJesseFountainLivingWater
    @GODofJesseFountainLivingWater5 ай бұрын

    Our Government Edom they are all going to pay, ➡️Jeremiah 49v 14-17 Amen 🙏🏾

  • @alfredtaje9319
    @alfredtaje93195 ай бұрын

    Open case,go to court and give evidence.

  • @phumlamazibuko3003

    @phumlamazibuko3003

    5 ай бұрын

    After that no proof or witnessed are intimidated case closed. This is SA, criminals are controlling everything.

  • @Plumbing_DIYWithStyle
    @Plumbing_DIYWithStyle5 ай бұрын

    ANC must go they the root of all this evil

  • @wernerhasse442
    @wernerhasse4425 ай бұрын

    SA, the country that rotts like roadkill.

  • @robattwell8283
    @robattwell82835 ай бұрын

    Totally unacceptable, the South African Defence Force of old was at least disciplined within its ranks....the rot always starts from the top they say

  • @biafrahausa

    @biafrahausa

    5 ай бұрын

    Disciplined by mass murdering people all over Southern Africa? Sies.

  • @ameshaspenta3743
    @ameshaspenta37435 ай бұрын

    Pres. Ramaphosa is in over his head!

  • @SylviaMitchell-tz2sl

    @SylviaMitchell-tz2sl

    5 ай бұрын

    Yes he is, ANC must be voted out

  • @billyork9588
    @billyork95885 ай бұрын

    The ANC wing exposed - what not surprised nor am I!

  • @theomaluleke6793
    @theomaluleke67935 ай бұрын

    cadre deployment

  • @defence3355
    @defence33554 ай бұрын

    Corruption should be rooted out from any professional military organisation in any country. The officers should be held accountable first for abuse of power.

  • @antisellouts6486
    @antisellouts64865 ай бұрын

    Pls probe the TSC corruption on cadre deployment

  • @Bluecollarjoe6B9
    @Bluecollarjoe6B95 ай бұрын

    Special Forces answers to the President.

  • @firstcomment749
    @firstcomment7495 ай бұрын

    And at the centre of this is....? A politician who has to be protected. From what?

  • @SylviaMitchell-tz2sl

    @SylviaMitchell-tz2sl

    5 ай бұрын

    Exactly 💯 and they still get paid from the tax payers money...please vote for ANC to fall 😢😢😢

  • @Powerup-mw6tv
    @Powerup-mw6tv5 ай бұрын

    Iam not saying this is right but this is what most of the special forces around known to do ,they act out of the scope of the law take Delta force of the USA for instance they are known to do the most shocking things but yet they are never taken into account.

  • @balsak007
    @balsak0075 ай бұрын

    Free South Africa😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @MyCaptainSparrow
    @MyCaptainSparrow5 ай бұрын

    What if the abducted person was really a terrorist? And we were saved from a potential terrorist attack

  • @Aurora-light01
    @Aurora-light015 ай бұрын

    My hope in this countries dies more and more everyday. Our kids have no future here.

  • @cheznone9296
    @cheznone92965 ай бұрын

    Power over the nation. How many times has Ramaphosa called on the army to do police work.

  • @thapelokalane3352
    @thapelokalane33525 ай бұрын

    Where was Open Case Investigations before 94?

  • @ErrolWeidemann-xn4zv
    @ErrolWeidemann-xn4zv5 ай бұрын

    Who is investigating?

  • @tobolee6385
    @tobolee63855 ай бұрын

    Anything these comrades get there hands on ....destroy or corrupt anything they come across ..

  • @mmabatho136
    @mmabatho1365 ай бұрын

    Corruption is all they know, Im sure they wouldn’t even survive a war laba

  • @sabelokhoza1729

    @sabelokhoza1729

    5 ай бұрын

    Special forces are literally trying to stop ISIS from operating inside SA 😒 and u busy complaining

  • @user-hk1pd5sy9w
    @user-hk1pd5sy9w5 ай бұрын

    All part of the country decline

  • @mudindamunzhedzi7564
    @mudindamunzhedzi75645 ай бұрын

    oldies in the army offices sleeping with young people for tenders..

  • @kaizersuze9000
    @kaizersuze90005 ай бұрын

    What is going on in SA 😮

  • @Clyde-o
    @Clyde-o5 ай бұрын

    KURRUPT. MY DRUNK NABIOUR PUT A GUN TO MY HEAD BUT ENDED UP SHOOTING A FRIEND 5 TIMES NEXT TO ME. MY FRIEND SURVIVED AND OPENED CASE ITS NOW BEEN 10 MONTHS AND WE STILL WAITING FOR THE INVESTIGATING OFFICER TO TAKE OUR STATEMENTS. I HAVEN'T SEEN THE POLICE SINCE. 🤞🇿🇦 FTP

  • @accountretired9479

    @accountretired9479

    5 ай бұрын

    BS🤣🤣🤣

  • @Clyde-o

    @Clyde-o

    5 ай бұрын

    @@accountretired9479 i swear Chatsworth police station is 🗣️. They paid of sum1

  • @robsargent8801
    @robsargent88015 ай бұрын

    not sure why anyone is shocked?

  • @user-hk1pd5sy9w
    @user-hk1pd5sy9w5 ай бұрын

    Ian Cameton should get involved

  • @bootngammaoh3612
    @bootngammaoh36125 ай бұрын

    I did not hear the connection of Russian ship with this criminal activities

  • @silvertongue3003
    @silvertongue30035 ай бұрын

    Nooo not in the ANC government

  • @balsak007

    @balsak007

    5 ай бұрын

    😂

  • @ErrolWeidemann-xn4zv

    @ErrolWeidemann-xn4zv

    5 ай бұрын

    😂😂😂

  • @karensmith9594
    @karensmith95943 ай бұрын

    Expose the names of all those within the corruptness. Names and faces. Expose them!

  • @JoshuaSeiti
    @JoshuaSeiti5 ай бұрын

    I mean we saw and heard what happened during lockdown, so many complaints about the Solders. so why is this shocking? that was just a small scale we got a taste of. Collen died in his house, people draged and beaten. just during lock down. imagine things we do not see

  • @sehlohontsebeng9336
    @sehlohontsebeng93365 ай бұрын

    I just want to raise ma concerns,i was a video of Malawian was sawing the uniforms of SADF it was on socisl media i asked ma self where he got the materials.Which means criminals are posing as our SADF to terrorise the community now you are blaming S.A. pls let the police investigate its ma concern.

  • @paballobutelezi5532

    @paballobutelezi5532

    5 ай бұрын

    Go to "Carte Blanche" and listen to this story where they talk to whistle blowers, then you will decide what you want to believe after that

  • @wilmaconradie8382

    @wilmaconradie8382

    5 ай бұрын

    They also see what you see, why haven't they stepped up and done something?🤔😥🙁🙄

  • @fabiancarolissen8268
    @fabiancarolissen82685 ай бұрын

    Shocking Leigh Ann? Don't make me laugh.🤣

  • @victork4125
    @victork41255 ай бұрын

    That's how revolutionary parties do... ANC and ZANU PF are brothers they read from same book... That's why they never say anything about ZANU PF... Soon the judiciary will be captured in SA... And it will become banana republic like Zimbabwe

  • @davidbaloyi1303
    @davidbaloyi13035 ай бұрын

    Military police means police for SANDF this happening all over the world this is Da propaganda

  • @dewaldmatthysen3358
    @dewaldmatthysen33585 ай бұрын

    I wonder what people think special forces do...

  • @sylvialocker1653
    @sylvialocker16535 ай бұрын

    Wonder who they can blame ?

  • @user-hk1pd5sy9w
    @user-hk1pd5sy9w5 ай бұрын

    The President hasnt got the Balls to speak

  • @novelakengwilingwili4080
    @novelakengwilingwili40805 ай бұрын

    Some interviews really, with all the ifs, ifs

  • @AmoAmogelang-gh1fe
    @AmoAmogelang-gh1fe5 ай бұрын

    Another issue is the OLD NATIONAL GUARD SPECIAL FORCE AND TGEUR CAPTAIN /CIRPORALS and Mkhondo - the rogue unit

  • @leratokgame9050
    @leratokgame90505 ай бұрын

    Wow, never thot sandf is this corrupt

  • @user-vf1rp3ob7c
    @user-vf1rp3ob7c5 ай бұрын

    Morning afternoon evening

  • @MackbrainZW
    @MackbrainZW5 ай бұрын

    Very soon you will start to understand why Zimbabweans are always running away from home.

  • @siphokennethmanyikana402
    @siphokennethmanyikana4025 ай бұрын

    At the end of the day, we need special force protection as a country, we should let them do their job whatever the costs, we should stop this thing of protecting criminals, let them work in peace

  • @wilmaconradie8382

    @wilmaconradie8382

    5 ай бұрын

    Yes, but they shouldn't abuse their powers and Illtreat civilians, that is not on. We should not fear the very people paid to protect us. Justice will soon be done. Amen 🙏 🙌 🙌

  • @antonjoubert6980
    @antonjoubert69804 ай бұрын

    Viva Southbabwe!

  • @phineasmasori3540
    @phineasmasori35405 ай бұрын

    Dont forget that next year u a going to election

  • @daviddurban3108
    @daviddurban31085 ай бұрын

    They ANC aren't they......99% chance its true

  • @Technology24
    @Technology245 ай бұрын

    It all happens under Ramaphosa the beloved president who is not corrupt.

  • @tshepomasia4627
    @tshepomasia46275 ай бұрын

    Who is funding this open secret foundation?

  • @keleohilebonyanaleahdithej7486

    @keleohilebonyanaleahdithej7486

    5 ай бұрын

    Obvious

  • @stanmarr4488
    @stanmarr44885 ай бұрын

    I'll take this whole case with a small grain of salt...this is blown way out of proportion..anyway..Special Forces act under command of the President..all actions are politically motivated and sanctioned..that's a FACT...if those guys(Special Forces) acted, it was in the interest of National Security...

  • @enningshove3846

    @enningshove3846

    5 ай бұрын

    ..what national interest when killing people?1 day it wl b you or your relative..I wish u would repeat the same words

  • @luyandancala

    @luyandancala

    5 ай бұрын

    Then, due process should be followed. That's what courts are for. I can't believe you are advocating for such under the name of 'National Security'.

  • @petrusesterhuyzen2087

    @petrusesterhuyzen2087

    5 ай бұрын

    There is a mafia type ring in the DOD and SANDF! If the president is pardoned for laundering cash, how can we trust the top government officials and people.

  • @Allabouteastern

    @Allabouteastern

    5 ай бұрын

    Im with on this 1, wen weapons r stolen from the military base u cant trust saps to solve that case, only soldiers can do, people will be busy shouting talking bad of soldiers if nothing is resolved. So special forces r tasked.

  • @danielteme2748

    @danielteme2748

    5 ай бұрын

    Why people are so obsessed about misterious terrorist who was abducted in Mall of Africa... This people are not independent journalists they are being used and paid by American NGOs to investigate Russian Ship They think we are fools Our Special forces are keeping us safe same as CIA and M16 are doing using special forces

  • @saamstaan6540
    @saamstaan65405 ай бұрын

    Sounds ancich

  • @thatomngomezulu4931
    @thatomngomezulu49315 ай бұрын

    Afri Forum propaganda

  • @johansmit4447
    @johansmit44475 ай бұрын

    Just to inform this female anchor of the SABC newsroom, military soldiers within the SADF never subjected anybody to these kind of atrocities. SAPS had rogue units who did things like these, so please get your facts straight before making such utterances on national television.

  • @D-throne

    @D-throne

    5 ай бұрын

    Ever heard of Eugene De Kok?

  • @johansmit4447

    @johansmit4447

    5 ай бұрын

    @@D-throne He was in SAPS.

  • @D-throne

    @D-throne

    5 ай бұрын

    @@johansmit4447you are corret, I retract that comment.

  • @glennborrageiro6257

    @glennborrageiro6257

    5 ай бұрын

    Hua shem your feelings are hurt.

  • @johansmit4447

    @johansmit4447

    5 ай бұрын

    @@glennborrageiro6257 Not in the least bit. I'm proud to have been part of the SADF and not the SANDF. The difference is that the SADF was an honorable military force that operated strictly under the Genéva convention laws, while the SANDF have these rogue units with murder squads who commits these atrocities. No honor at all.

  • @chaukelattovulture106
    @chaukelattovulture1065 ай бұрын

    Abuse of power like the apartheid? Why Apartheid? Your father will be mad at you.

  • @dorothy7869
    @dorothy78695 ай бұрын

    Coming from DA I don't believe it.Where is proof.

  • @mzansitrash

    @mzansitrash

    5 ай бұрын

    They seek to undermine everything run by black people

  • @balsak007

    @balsak007

    5 ай бұрын

    Proof is in the pudding dimwit

  • @rekkabcleaningandlaundroma3580

    @rekkabcleaningandlaundroma3580

    5 ай бұрын

    These guys learn to hide the truth and to investigate the SANDF you have to get access to their records etc. which is impossible.

  • @normaday6289

    @normaday6289

    5 ай бұрын

    🤮🤮🤮

  • @biko8229

    @biko8229

    5 ай бұрын

    DA will never produce any proof, for months the rand and the economy suffered because of DA lies about Lady R. Nobody takes the unpatriotic DA seriously anymore.

  • @raziablanchard2711
    @raziablanchard27115 ай бұрын

    This torture is like in the Apartheid days

  • @freddylima1105
    @freddylima11055 ай бұрын

    just want to know why everything is apartheid way.......torture in that way is known all round the world.....news reporters and readers are 80% to blame for all trouble in this world.....is that a true statement?

  • @phumlamazibuko3003

    @phumlamazibuko3003

    5 ай бұрын

    In SA it's the way the africans were tortured during apartheid even worst than he said.

  • @petroguilherme5549

    @petroguilherme5549

    5 ай бұрын

    Think it worked both ways ....praying for light and peace in our country... No blameshifting but accountability 😢😢

  • @veziqiniso4425

    @veziqiniso4425

    5 ай бұрын

    And by ANC in camps in Angola