me: Israel KL -- LMN CDmmenls or our call your response to Mr aiiegaiians related In IPID slal manipulation Dale: Seplemher s, 2019 al 12 46 PM rn: Daneel Knoeue daneel knaetze@gmall oom Get Outlook for Android From:-- Sent: Friday, September 6, 2019 12:32:34 PM To: Israel KI. Kgamanyane Subject: LMN Comments: Minules of our call: your response to Mr McBride's allegations related to IPID stal manipulation From: Daneel Knoetze Sent: Wednesday, Seplember 4, 2019 12:37:23 PM To: Israel Kl. Kgamanyane Subject: Minutes 01 our call. your response to Mr McBride's allegalions related to IPID slat manipulation Dear Mr Kgamanyane, Our telephone conversation a moment ago, starting at about 10'40 am on Wednesday 4 September 2019 refers I called you on your cellphone from the Community Media Trust offices in Cape Town I took notes, but these "ere done in shorthand I did not record the call You agreed to receive and vet the minutes at your official email address-- I have tried my best to be as accurate as possible in minu ing the conversation and your response Please correct me if anything I minuted below is inaccurate in your vie" I would also suggest that I put questions in writing to you soon_ and that I give you the opportunity to formalise your response in your own \iords and writing Your thoughts" In the meanwhile herew1th, the minutes from our phone call I introduced myselfas a film maker and ajoumalist I said that have been researching allegations of premature case completion and closure at the IPID, based on reports from current and former IPID staffers Note additional (0 minutes, These relate to, 201.7 (Maharaj memo to the Public Protector). .7014 ([51th Climate Sun' Site visit reports/mm GP. KZN. NC), 2016 (Mahdi-a] memo: to rhe Pub/w Preterm .7019 (McBride testimony at the Zondo ('omnussrori I confirmed to you that I have interviewed IPID's national head of investigations, Matthews Sesoko, who reported that IPID's Integrity Unit is investigating these claims internally. The scope of this investigation relates to the period of McBride's suspension and your time as acting ED. I alerted you that Mr McBride implicated you as the overseer of this practice in his Zondo Commission testimony, in your capacity as acting ED during McBride's suspension. Note additional to minutes: I should point out, in this email, that Maharaj's 2016 Memo to the Public Protector also named you. I asked your response to these allegations from McBride. You responded to my questions thus: You have requested, from the Zondo Commission, an opportunity to respond to Mr McBride's allegations and you are preparing to submit a statement to the Zondo Commission. You were in charge for only 18 months, as acting ED. You were not in charge of running the provinces, that duty fell on Provincial Heads. You only reported the statistics contained in the annual reports 2014/15 and 2015/16 to Parliament in Cape Town. The statistics you reported to Parliament demonstrated improved performance at the IPID under your tenure as ED, and this checks out with your track record as the Provincial Head of the Free State where you regularly reported better performance than other provinces. You mentioned specifically your last three years at the Free State. The provinces send monthly statistical reports to head office, and these reports are consolidated into the Annual Report at the end of the financial year which then gets independently audited by the Auditor General (who are external assurers) and Internal Auditors (for internal controls) to ensure the completeness, usefulness, correctness and integrity of reported information. If any statistical manipulation happened, it would have happened at the provincial level. Provincial Heads run the provinces, and if they mislead head office, they would therefore have to be held responsible / answer to that. I should interview them. If Mr McBride alleges that you mislead parliament, all he has to do is go the nearest police station and open a case against you. To your knowledge, he has not done that. In your opinion, Mr McBride has not provided any concrete documentary evidence to substantiate his insinuation that the manipulation of stats at the provincial offices was done at your behest. Your feedback would be appreciated. Best, Daneel Israel KL Kaimnvane -- ne Media query plenlaune ease closure [completion at ole lle . seplempel 9, 2019 al a 50 PM Daneel Knoetze daneei knoetle(R)gmall com All the the linancial year pertormances contained in Annual Fleports trom the inception o1 (1997) to date were subjected to auditing independently by the Auditor General of South Atrica (who are external assurers) and Internal Auditors (for internal controls) to ensure the completeness, uselulness, correctness and integrity ol reponed information. With regard to the alleged complaints made to the public protector is it not advisable to wait for the outcome o1 their investigations belore making any assumptions. With regard to the baseless allegations made by McBride at State Capture Commission which were not supponed by any substantiated fact or concrete evidence, i tiled my responding allidavit and applied to cross examine him or give evidence to that effect. Please note that I don't have time tor these things. If there are any as substatiated allegation against me by your sources, the easiest thing is to go lo the nearest police station and lay a charge not to the Media or Researchers. Please note that this will be the last time i entertain these utter nonsense as I have serious matters to deal with. Get Outlook lor Android From: Daneel Knoetze Sent: Monday, September 9 2019 6:24:51 PM to: Israel Kl. Kgamanyane Subject: Media query: premature case closure completion at the IPID Deal Ml Kgamanyane thank you me mlnules many phone conversallon las1 week You! 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Many of these reports imply that this is done to inflate performance statistics. Some of these reports / individuals have made allegations against you: · In his statement to the Zondo Commission of Inquiry (February 2019), Mr McBride wrote: “Upon my return to office, I discovered that there were allegations [of] the manipulation of cases to artificially inflate the performance of the IPID in my absence. Kgamanyane even went to Parliament and reported that performance was much better in the absence of the suspended and transferred (sic), however, this was a blatant lie which was told to make himself look good.” · In his memorandum to the Public Protector (2016) Mr Maharaj requested an investigation into, amongst other things: “Whistleblower report of cases completed without proper investigation at Mpumalanga Province, and failure of… Acting Executive Director, Mr. KI Kgamanyane to take action and to resolve the matter within a reasonable period of time.” · Maharaj also included closure statistics from various provinces. He wrote: “The matter above relating to cases closed as unsubstantiated during the 2013-2014 period at the Free State provincial office directly involves the current Acting-Executive Director, Mr KI Kgamanyane who was the Provincial Head at the IPID Free State Office at the time. During the 20132014 period the Free State IPID office closed a total of 780 cases. 91.79% or 716 cases, were closed as unsubstantiated (559), withdrawn (116) and declined (41), - the majority allegedly without proper investigation. Of the 969 cases recorded as ‘Total Workload’ in the Free State for the period 20132014, 930 cases were completed. A percentage completion rate of 96%. The number of assault cases completed was recorded as 761 – many without proper investigation.” Other facts for likely inclusion in my reporting: · On October 15, 2015 you reported (PMG) to Parliament’s PCP that “IPID intended to improve its performance through the achievement of its strategic goals, strategic objectives and planned targets.” · In the 2015/16 IPID Annual Report (p. 9) you reported improved performance: · In 2011/12 IPID’s Free State office, under your tenure as Provincial Head, reported 100% percent completion of workload. · In 2015, Maharaj submitted a memo to your office complaining about the · In 2015, Maharaj submitted a memo to your office complaining about the “suppression” of a whistleblower report from Mpumalanga and the request that he delete the “emerging risks” section from his report. · On 29 September 2016, shortly after his memo to the PP, your office sent a letter to Maharaj informing him of IPID’s intention to transfer him to “Strategy and Performance”. · McBride alleged in his statement to the Zondo Commission of Inquiry (Version 7, 11 February 2019, paragraph 15) that your use of suspension and transfers of some IPID officials was malicious and politically motivated: “During the eighteen (18) months of my suspension, I heard about Kgamanyane wreaking havoc in the IPID by initially suspending and transferring at least eight (8) senior managers for no other reason than that they worked with me or that they deposed affidavits about information which was within their knowledge as IPID employees.” · Sesoko said that “... this phenomena we only became aware of it in the period in which he (Mr Kgamanyane) was acting and the allegations was that the instruction came from him that people must push to complete investigations so that the performance would look good, you know. It was therefore important for us, when you receive those allegations, you don’t only isolate only these two provinces. Because you don’t know if it was happening nationally because allegation is that the instruction came from him. So, that is why we said every province must be looked at so that we have empirical evidence whether it was happening in all provinces, if so, who were the people responsible, if it was not happening then it was not happening.” Questions: · Please can you explain the particulars of the “Turn Around strategy, through the establishment of a backlog task team and recruitment drive” that was implemented under your tenure as acting ED in the 2015/16 financial year? · How specifically did “these initiatives” result in “improvements in the number or percentage of investigations concluded” in the 2015/16 financial year? · Do you stand by the “decision ready” performance statistics reported in the 2015/16 annual report? Do you believe they were accurate? · What is your response to the allegation from McBride that you “lied” to Parliament when you reported that IPID’s performance improved under your tenure as acting executive director? · Would you like to respond to any of the other allegations Mr McBride leveled against you at the Zondo Commission of Inquiry? Will you testifyand/or submit a statement responding to McBride’s testimony in so far as it leveled allegations against you, the Zondo Commission? · Do you believe there is any credence to the general impression, rooted in numerous reports dating back to 2012 and from various provinces and head office, that performance statistical manipulation was commonplace, through the premature closure and completion of cases, at the IPID? · What is your response to Maharaj’s allegation, contained in a memo to the · What is your response to Maharaj’s allegation, contained in a memo to the Public Protector, that you failed to act timeously on whistleblower reports from Mpumalanga. · What is your response to Maharaj quoting and questioning, in his 2016 memo to the Public Protector, the integrity of case closure and completion statistics from the Free State, under your tenure, for the 2013/14 reporting period? · Was the 100% completion rate reported by the Free State’s ICD office during the 2011/12 reporting period, under your tenure, legitimate? How did the Free State office manage to achieve this performance in spite of reported capacity constraints at the directorate at the time in the years prior? · Is there anything not covered by these questions that you would like to add?