South Africa’s security laws are open to abuse by rogue intelligence operatives and politicians, writes Jane Duncan.
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SABC claims vetting by the State Security Agency is procedural, but media watchdogs have cried foul.
The regulator is investigating a report that South Africa’s State Security Agency recently fell victim to a cyberattack.
The State Security Agency was reportedly hacked days before the start of the Brics summit in Johannesburg in August.
South Africa’s civilian intelligence service, the State Security Agency, is a broken institution.
The State Security Agency would not be drawn to confirm or deny whether a secret operation was taking place at the SABC’s Durban offices as alleged by the staff on Wednesday. In a cryptic comment, an SSA spokesman said staff should ask the SABC if
The signal jamming in the national assembly ahead of the state-of-the-nation address was caused by an operational error, the state security department said on Wednesday. “The signal disruption was caused by an operational error by the member
Despite requesting it, Telkom has still not formally received a copy of the written interim order by the Independent Communications Authority of SA’s (Icasa’s) complaints and compliance committee that caused a storm of controversy this week. On Wednesday, Telkom issued a media
The supposedly confidential document that Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) councillor William Stucke allegedly “leaked” to an unnamed industry body, prompting a strongly worded statement of condemnation from Telkom on