News & Updates

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8 April 2024

Op-ed | Despite important gains, the new General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill fails to safeguard against a second state capture

Analysis, Journalism

8 April 2024

Joint media release from the Campaign for Free Expression and Intelwatch

Reports

19 February 2024

Intelwatch: Submission on the General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill of 2023 (GILAB)

Analysis

15 February 2024

Op-ed | Embargo against invasive Israeli spyware essential after International Court of Justice ruling

Updates

1 February 2024

Intelwatch welcomes new Executive Director

Updates

31 January 2024

The future of bulk interception

Policy Briefs, Reports, Research

6 December 2023

Civil society joint statement on the General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill

Accountability & Civic Space, Updates

28 November 2023

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

Accountability & Civic Space, Analysis

Two women at a public march in Harare, superimposed with redacted State Security documents. Black and white with high contrast. Photo credit: Graham van de Ruit / ALT Advisory (CC BY-NC-ND)

Media Interviews

Interviews and media engagements with the Intelwatch team.

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December

26 December 2024: Mozambique Protests | ‘There is a state of generalised chaos’ – Paula Christina Roque (SABCNews)

August

15 August 2024: 22h05: Intelligence Failures and Security Risks in South Africa – The Case of the 95 Libyans and Russian Influence (POWER Perspective)

July

9 July 2024: Government ignored July 2021 unrest warnings – Swart (SABCNews)

June

25 June 2024: Julian Assange Release | It’s long overdue: Heidi Swart (SABCNews)

April

6 April 2024: SCA approves publishing SSA report : Heidi Swart (SABCNews)

October

5 October 2023: Proposed legislation lets government eavesdrop (Afrikaans) (Radio Sonder Grense)

9 October 2023: Rica and Gilab – the two surveillance bills before Parliament that should give every freedom-loving South African pause for thought (SAfm Sunrise)

16 October 2023: Terrorism financing: Perfect ruse for state security clampdown on NGOs, churches (Cape Talk)

17 October 2023: SSA pushes for legislation to clamp down on NGOs (Newzroom Africa)

17 October 2023: The monitoring of terrorism financing will allow the state to clampdown on NGOs and churches (Radio 702)

September

11 September 2023: CSOs raising concerns over the new intelligence bill (PowerFM)

21 September 2023: South Africa’s surveillance state (Discourse ZA)

27 September 2023: Investigation reveals most SIM cards not compliant with RICA (Newzroom Africa)

August

28 August 2023: Proposed worrying changes to the law governing the State Security Agency (Daily Friend podcast)

July

12 July 2023: What is the intelligence bill? (Cape Talk)

May

4 May 2023: Concern Over SAPS Plan To Increase Snooping Powers (Voice of the Cape)

24 May 2023: SAPS given legal permission to use phone surveillance technology (Cape Talk)

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