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Black and white image of people in a protest gathering, with phones displayed, superimposed with redacted State Security documents. 'ANALYSIS' appears in yellow. Photo credit: Graham van de Ruit / ALT Advisory (CC BY-NC-ND)

28 November 2023

Op-ed | New ‘spy bill’: Will businesses be next to face state security vetting?

Black and white image of a person in a market place, superimposed with partly redacted documents. 'ANALYSIS' appears in yellow. Photo credit: Ichie Opara / ALT Advisory (CC BY-NC-ND)

6 October 2023

Submission: What’s wrong with the RICA bill

Black and white image of people in a protest gathering, with phones displayed, superimposed with redacted State Security documents. 'ANALYSIS' appears in yellow. Photo credit: Graham van de Ruit / ALT Advisory (CC BY-NC-ND)

20 September 2023

RICA bill misses the chance for real reform

Black and white image of people in a protest gathering, with phones displayed, superimposed with redacted State Security documents. 'ANALYSIS' appears in yellow. Photo credit: Graham van de Ruit / ALT Advisory (CC BY-NC-ND)

28 August 2023

Briefing note: General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill (GILAB)

Black and white image of a person in a market place, superimposed with partly redacted documents. 'ANALYSIS' appears in yellow. Photo credit: Ichie Opara / ALT Advisory (CC BY-NC-ND)

11 July 2023

GILAB: New Intelligence Bill a blueprint for State Capture 3.0

Black and white image of a masked person using a cell-phone, superimposed with partly redacted documents. 'ANALYSIS' appears in yellow. Photo credit: Ichie Opara / ALT Advisory (CC BY-NC-ND)

5 July 2023

Op-ed: How to unmuzzle the watchdogs that failed to rein in a captured State Security Agency

Black and white image of people in a protest gathering, with phones displayed, superimposed with redacted State Security documents. 'ANALYSIS' appears in yellow. Photo credit: Graham van de Ruit / ALT Advisory (CC BY-NC-ND)

2 July 2023

Op-ed: Smash the State Security Agency piggy bank – and its apartheid roots

A woman stands next to a road, verge using a cell-phone, superimposed with partly redacted State Security documents. Darkened, black and white with high contrast. 'JOURNALISM' appears in yellow. Photo credit: Ichie Opara / ALT Advisory (CC BY-NC-ND)

30 May 2023

“Grabbers”: State surveillance in SA just got a legal boost, but it’s not an unrestricted licence to intercept

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