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This piece by Gregory Gondwe was first published by investigativeplatform-mw. As Malawi approaches its tripartite elections in September 2025, the government’s expanding surveillance infrastructure raises concerns about its potential to be used for political repression. Both the Cellebrite UFED system, capable of extracting deleted data from phones and computers, and the Central Equipment Identity Register (CEIR), which tracks […]

This piece by Herbert Moyo was first published by Daily Maverick. No amount of sugar coating can disguise the fact that the Lesotho Computer Crimes and Cyber Security Bill is designed to suppress free speech and shield those in power from public scrutiny. This is not a matter of cybersecurity — this is a matter […]

This piece by Jane Duncan and Heidi Swart was first published by Daily Maverick. These are the issues the government needs to address to fix the security vetting system. The case of SABC head of news Moshoeshoe Monare should be used as an opportunity to set out the steps for doing that. Security vetting in […]

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This piece by Jane Duncan was first published by Daily Maverick. Southern Africa has proved to be very much open for business for Israeli spyware, despite the fact that controls on the uses of these technologies barely exist. Governments have invested in spyware to monitor opposition movements. On 26 January 2024, the International Court of […]

Intelwatch is pleased to announce the appointment of a new Executive Director, Paula Cristina Roque, PhD, who takes over leadership of the organisation from 1 February 2024. Paula is an author, researcher, and analyst with extensive expertise in human rights, security, and surveillance in Africa. She has served as an advisor on Sub-Saharan Africa for […]

Intelwatch is a recently launched non-profit organisation based in South Africa, and working internationally. We aim to promote democratic oversight of state and private intelligence agencies, monitor and report on surveillance activities, raise awareness of the risks of undemocratic intelligence and surveillance activities, and advocate for progressive laws and policies that safeguard fundamental rights. Intelwatch […]