Op-ed: How to unmuzzle the watchdogs that failed to rein in a captured State Security Agency
Former Zondo Commission evidence leader Vicky Heideman unpacks her research on improving oversight for South Africa’s. State Security Agency.
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Op-ed: Smash the State Security Agency piggy bank – and its apartheid roots
Former Zondo Commission evidence leader Vicky Heideman unpacks her research on the lack of financial oversight and accountability in the State Security Agency.
Should the SSA be exempt from publishing a PAIA manual?
Intelwatch has written to the Minister of Justice over the decision to exempt the State Security Agency from producing a PAIA manual.
Conference: Summit on surveillance in Southern Africa (22 June 2023)
The Media Policy and Democracy Project (MPDP), a partner organisation and forerunner to Intelwatch, is convening a summit on surveillance in Southern Africa on 22 June 2023. Since its establishment in 2012, MPDP has become a significant contributor to knowledge on surveillance and intelligence reform in Southern Africa. This convening will bring together independent researchers […]
Reforming communication surveillance in South Africa in the wake of AmaBhungane
This report has been prepared to inform the RICA reform effort that was sparked by the Constitutional Court’s order in AmaBhungane.
The section 205 loophole: Supplementary report on reforming communication surveillance in South Africa
This supplementary report on reforming communication surveillance in South Africa sets out additional information about the section 205 “loophole” which needs to be addressed in efforts to reform RICA.
Op-ed | “Grabbers”: State surveillance in SA just got a legal boost, but it’s not an unrestricted licence to intercept
This opinion piece, by Heidi Swart, was published by Daily Maverick. The authorities have approved the South African Police Service’s (SAPS) request to build their own (or purchase from elsewhere) communications interception equipment. On 19 May, an exemption certificate was published in the Government Gazette, clearly stipulating the red tape police need to work through […]
Roundtable on recommended reforms to RICA
Intelwatch invites you to a roundtable on 31 May 2023, to present our first research output: ‘Reforming communications surveillance in South Africa: Recommendations in the wake of the AmaBhungane judgment and beyond.’
Op-ed | State Intelligence mess: How the SA spy watchdog’s teeth have been pulled
This piece by Jane Duncan was first published by Daily Maverick. State intelligence is in a catastrophic mess and has been for some time. As a result, South Africa is poorer and more unstable. When Parliament opens for 2022, one of its tasks is to select the new Inspector-General of Intelligence. This person oversees the […]
Op-ed | South Africa’s tipping point: How the intelligence community failed the country
This piece by Jane Duncan was first published by Daily Maverick. In failing to anticipate the riotous looting and act against the leaders, the intelligence community could be responsible for one of the most egregious failures imaginable. The people who are using taxpayers’ money to protect national security will have become the single biggest threat […]