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title: "Watch – ‘Zulu war’ and CIA spy accusations: Inside South Africa’s seismic law enforcement scandal"
description: "Paramilitary activity in KwaZulu-Natal and a cop secretly working with American intelligence. These claims fit into an expanding law-enforcement scandal that’s obliterating careers and exposing how fractured South Africa’s crime-fighting system has become. Daily Maverick’s Caryn Dolley explains."
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# Watch – ‘Zulu war’ and CIA spy accusations: Inside South Africa’s seismic law enforcement scandal

> Paramilitary activity in KwaZulu-Natal and a cop secretly working with American intelligence. These claims fit into an expanding law-enforcement scandal that’s obliterating careers and exposing how fractured South Africa’s crime-fighting system has become. Daily Maverick’s Caryn Dolley explains.

By Caryn Dolley · Published 15 December 2025, 08:11 SAST

## Content

[YouTube video: "YouTube video"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xATBSl3yQlg)

Reporting by: Caryn Dolley
Edited by: Joel Seboa
Filmed by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade
Sub-edited by: Kevin Flynn

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