A detective is murdered. The trail leads to South Africa's elite soldiers. #BBCAfricaEye investigates. Episode 1 of a two-part investigation. 📽️ Watch Episode 2 here: https://youtu.be/Gb2BOxYV3WM Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica When police investigator Frans Mathipa began investigating the abduction of a suspected Islamic State operative by South Africa's Special Forces, the case led him deep into the shadowy world of covert operations - a journey from which he would never return. Months later, he was fatally shot on a highway outside Pretoria. Now, with exclusive access to police evidence documents and interviews with high-ranking insiders, Africa Eye investigates the extraordinary events surrounding his death. It is a tale of secrecy, subterfuge and an alleged cover-up that reaches the darkest corners of South Africa's security establishment. At the centre of the case are members of the country's elite Special Forces, who allegedly orchestrated the killing of Frans Mathipa to suppress a police investigation into their operations. Drawing on unprecedented access to evidence and insider testimony, this documentary pieces together the events that lead to one of the most explosive criminal cases in modern South African history. The investigation raises disturbing questions about power, accountability and impunity - and examines whether a detective's pursuit of the truth ultimately cost him his life. 00:00 The Murder of Frans Mathipa 01:52 Meet the Journalists 02:36 Mathipa’s family 05:34 A police insider speaks out 06:23 Mathipa’s last case - Abdella Abadigga 10:46 Smuggled into South Africa 13:48 Abadigga’s activities 17:07 A protected asset? 21:13 Refugee status expires 22:19 Disappearance from Mall of Africa 25:16 A theory emerges 25:38 Preview: Episode 2 🎧 Listen to The Documentary Podcast, 'Special forces on Trial': https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0p37cdq 🎥 Check out all Africa Eye investigations here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLajyiGz4JeyO2qgCvioQO-BzP1XCajJqt 📽️ Watch more investigative journalism from our award-winning #BBCEye investigations team at this documentary playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz_B0PFGIn4fa8LK1lptsvoA_spfJhzda You may also be interested in watching these BBC Africa Eye documentaries: https://youtu.be/wmIsgTIoW3I https://youtu.be/xVrUb7xwRcA https://youtu.be/-vQvFRDCa2g https://youtu.be/Qk9HEzcFiZ4 https://youtu.be/QPB42_uLLh0 https://youtu.be/rogZ8BYg-kM Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/ #SouthAfrica #Documentary #InvestigativeJournalism #BBCNews #BBCWorldService #BBCAfrica
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Proof that South Africa has good investigative skills. Unfortunately they are being underfunded and sabotaged. So sad to see how many high ranking politicians are unpatriotic.
U can immediately see Frans Mathipa was 1 of the honest ones by the average house he lived in. May he's family find peace and the crooks eternal justice.
ANC is guilty of the rot that is devouring our country... shameless they are.
Home affairs needs A Madlanga commission, it's a National Security Risk
This is all the artwork of the ANC, their failure is disgusting !!!
The SA government has a high tolerance for incompetence, corruption and lawlessness which is destroying our country The anc needs to be kicked out of government
Some of the South Africans working at Home Affairs and Military must really hate their country because why would they let a known terrorist back in their country in such a manner?? How unfortunate!
South Africa is being destroyed from within. That’s why I’ll say this whole porous border is deliberate policy for political interests.
Home Affairs is a weapon formed against SAns, unfortunately they have been prospering😢
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Smuggling Abadigga into the country is no different from senior government officials in Kenya selling Kenyan birth certificates, passports and citizenship to Somalis. Good luck Africa.
A COUNTRY RAN BY A POLITICAL MAFIA.
The ANC has destroyed this beautiful country 😢
South Africa cannot be a play ground for terrorists
Can tell they took away a Great Father & Husband...
So South Africa is a mafia state.
BBC exposing the corrupt of police force meanwhile SABC is hiding the truth to us South Africans, shame to the politicians of all parties allegedly they will always cover for each other
This country is a shame sometimes 😢
Our troubles as a country are deliberately orchestrated.
This is worrying. People have families and are losing their lives