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Op-ed | Angola: Unveiling a dictatorship via new security law
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-02-21-angola-unveiling-a-dictatorship-via-new-security-law/ Comments – Please login in order to comment. Paula Cristina Roque and David Boio , likely won by the opposition but stolen by the regime through widespread irregularities, exposed the widespread political antibodies within urban poor and young people. Turning from autocratisation to totalitarianism is a mechanism of survival. Totalitarian regimes have several characteristics […]
Op-ed | Despite important gains, the new General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill fails to safeguard against a second state capture
This piece was first published by Daily Maverick. By Heidi Swart and Anton Harber The new intelligence Bill, passed by the National Assembly last week, has improved on the first two versions, but still fails to address its stated aim: to rectify the legal conditions that enabled deeply-rooted malfeasance within the State Security Agency (SSA) and […]