Forensic investigations · Kempton Park, Gauteng
Truth PI is a forensic investigations and enterprise risk consultancy serving corporate and SMME clients throughout Southern Africa. Certified forensic interviewing, poly-phase lie detection and security & OHS Act risk assessments — delivered by a PSIRA-registered investigator with more than forty years in the field.
Eddie de Beer — Managing Member & Certified Forensic Investigator0:10
Services
Most matters that reach us involve a suspicion — of fraud, theft, a false statement, or a risk that hasn't been quantified. Each service below exists to turn that suspicion into evidence, or to lay it to rest.
Corporate and SMME investigations into fraud, theft, corruption and labour-related misconduct, run to a standard that holds up in disciplinary, civil and criminal proceedings.
A layered approach to establishing whether an account is truthful — combining structured interview technique with analysis of what was said, how it was written, and how the person behaved while saying it.
Enterprise security and Occupational Health and Safety Act risk assessments for sites, warehouses, campuses and offices — with corrective actions and protective planning your management team can act on.
How an engagement works
Every matter follows the same disciplined sequence, so that what is found can be relied on later — in a hearing, before the CCMA, in civil proceedings, or in a criminal referral.
A private conversation about what you suspect, what you already know, and what outcome you need. No obligation.
A written mandate setting out the scope, the approach, confidentiality and the reporting you'll receive.
Interviews, statement analysis, evidence gathering and, where warranted, covert operations — all under a documented chain of custody.
A plain-language report of what was established, how, and on what evidence, with recommended next steps.
Support to your HR, legal or disciplinary process, including testimony, and referral to the SAPS where a criminal matter is disclosed.
Who we work with
Truth PI works directly with owners, executives and the practitioners who advise them — in the sectors where the practice has spent four decades.
Corporate and SMME leadership who need an independent, credible answer before acting.
Evidence and testimony for disciplinary hearings, grievances and CCMA matters.
Investigative support, statement analysis and expert input for civil and criminal matters.
Site risk assessments, protective planning and technical security advisory.
Loss control, warehouse and supply-chain risk, drawn from years inside these operations.
About
Eddie de Beer founded Truth PI in 2023 after a career that ran from the security services of Gold Fields' West Driefontein, Deelkraal and Leslie/Bracken gold mines to the boardrooms of the specialist forensic and security businesses he went on to build.
He is a certified forensic interviewer and Scientific Content Analyser, trained in the Forensic Assessment Interview Technique and micro-expression analysis, with extensive experience in covert Section 252A operations, disciplinary, civil and labour proceedings, and liaison with the SAPS and the judiciary.
Along the way he has managed the full risk profile of a 32 000 m² national distribution centre, chaired and prosecuted disciplinary hearings, authored investigation training modules and integrated SHEQ programmes, and founded and directed four specialist security and forensic services businesses. He works in English and Afrikaans.
Credentials register
The registrations and certifications behind the practice, with their reference numbers, so that anyone relying on our work can verify them.
| Reference | Registration / certification | Issuing body | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSIRA 2089488 | Registered security service provider | Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority | Current |
| CK2023/973731/07 | Truth PI — company registration | Companies and Intellectual Property Commission | 2023 |
| SATVC 2016/4128 | Certified Forensic Interviewer & Scientific Content Analyser (SCAN) | South African Truth Verification Council | 2016 |
| SATVC | Forensic Assessment Interview Technique (FAINT) & Interrogation | South African Truth Verification Council | Aug 2016 |
| SATVC | Body Language & Micro-Expression Analysis | South African Truth Verification Council | Jul 2016 |
| GFTC | Security Practitioners Diploma — security, mines police, risk evaluation, criminal investigation, loss control | Gold Fields Training Centre | 1984 – 1996 |
Investigations are conducted within the Private Security Industry Regulation Act and the Criminal Procedure Act. Evidence is handled under a documented chain of custody so that it can be relied on in internal proceedings and, where a matter is referred, by the SAPS and the courts.
Questions we're asked
Rather than relying on a single instrument, poly-phase lie detection layers several recognised techniques on one another: Scientific Content Analysis (SCAN) of what a person has written or said, the Forensic Assessment Interview Technique (FAINT), and observation of body language and micro-expressions during a structured interview.
Each phase tests the account from a different angle. Where they agree, the finding is strong; where they don't, that tells us where to look next.
Our reports are written for exactly that purpose. Interviews, statements and physical evidence are gathered and documented under a chain of custody, and Eddie has chaired, prosecuted and given evidence in disciplinary and labour proceedings for many years. How a particular finding is weighed is ultimately for the presiding officer or commissioner — we'll tell you candidly what the evidence will and won't support.
Yes. The initial brief is private and without obligation, and every mandate sets out confidentiality in writing. Where a matter needs to be referred to the SAPS, that is done with you and on your instruction.
Truth PI is based in Birch Acres, Kempton Park, and works throughout Gauteng and across Southern Africa. Interviews and site assessments are conducted on your premises or at a neutral venue, as the matter requires.
Whatever you have: a timeline of what happened, the names or roles involved, any documents, CCTV or statements already collected, and what you need the outcome to achieve. If you have nothing but a suspicion, that's fine too — that is often where a matter starts.
Contact
A phone call or a short email is enough to start. Every brief is handled in confidence.
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