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Viewfinder exposé and pressure from Parliament, experts prompts IPID to commit to policy reforms aimed at improving its impact on police conduct and accountability.

In a low resource environment, focusing on serious cases could help IPID maximise its impact on police conduct. But, will management and Parliament adopt the experts’ roadmap?

After many delays, IPID finally return to Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Policing to give their side of the story. But, IPID's presentation does not respond to the mounting evidence pointing to a

A function called "special closure" on IPID's case management system was used to "kill off" likely hundreds of criminal cases against the police in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng.

Annelize van Wyk was one of the Parliament's longest serving Police Portfolio Committee members. At a roundtable discussion of Viewfinder's findings on IPID, she suggests a path for better Parliamentary oversight of

Former IPID director Robert McBride criticised Viewfinder's exposé in an op-ed. In this response to McBride, Viewfinder points out that neither McBride nor IPID's current management have yet contested a single fact

Parliamentarians grill IPID on reports of statistical manipulation and the covering up of cases. IPID promises to publish its own report on statistical manipulation.

IPID's position on the history and extent of statistical manipulation has been inconsistent. Days before presenting its annual report to Parliament, management revises it again. Meanwhile, calls for IPID to account continue

A data analysis confirms that IPID cases are completed near statistical reporting deadlines. Whistleblowers alleged many such cases were poorly investigated.

Pressed for time? Read these key takeaways for a concise summary of what Viewfinder's investigation of the cover-up at IPID found. Also, you can access all the most explosive whistleblower leaks from