Intelwatch participated in a Daily Maverick webinar on surveillance reform in South Africa. Blurb: Parliament has called for comment on its new bill to amend RICA, South Africa’s communications surveillance law. The Department of Justice introduced the RICA amendment bill more than two years after the Constitutional Court declared key parts of the surveillance law […]
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 […]
Dear colleague If you haven’t seen the new General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill (GILAB), then you need to. It contains elements that will be of concern to non-governmental organisations and civil society bodies. I attach a summary briefing document and a more detailed information sheet dealing with the concerns sparked by the Bill’s content. It […]
This piece by Jane Duncan was first published by Daily Maverick. It is practically impossible to regulate these spying powers in ways that respect basic rights and freedoms, such as privacy. This is because governments set these centres up to collect communications indiscriminately. In other words, they treat everyone outside the country as a potential […]
Following the joint publication with MPDP of new research on necessary reforms to the oversight and governance of covert funds in South Africa following the Zondo Commission, Intelwatch participated in a webinar with the report’s author, Vicky Heideman, to unpack her findings. Senior Daily Maverick journalist Rebecca Davis hosted a discussion with panellists Vicky Heideman, […]
Intelwatch has written to the Minister of Justice over the decision to exempt the State Security Agency from producing a PAIA manual.
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 […]
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.’
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 […]
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 […]
