Murder: Unresolved
๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฏ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฏ.
In October 2021, a frantic call from a distraught husband sent emergency services and police to Pastor Liezel de Jagerโs house. But it was already too late. Liezel was found strangled outside her Amanzimtoti home. Her father, Henk van Zyl - a former detective - made over 90 calls to police for feedback but, for two years, the investigation stalledโฆ until civil rights organisation, Action Society, got involved. With increased pressure and media attention, police finally arrested a suspect last week. Itโs an all-too-familiar picture: a case that clearly illustrates the fallout from an overburdened detective service unable to keep up with South Africaโs ever-soaring crime rates. According to the policeโs own latest statistics, just under 12.5 percent of the countryโs murders are solved. As families mourning the brutal deaths of their loved ones wait months or even years for closure, does the answer lie in watchdog organisations that effectively privatise the investigation and prosecution of crime? Carte Blanche investigates.
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