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Politicised security services hindered intelligence on unrest and looting, human rights commission told

Des Erasmus
03 Dec

Some of Mapisa-Nqakula’s evidence at SAHRC unrest hearings was pure fabrication – KZN police chief

Des Erasmus
01 Dec

The politics of policing: The state’s failure to snare culprits of serious public violence is no accident

Jane Duncan
17 Nov

South Africa’s crime intelligence is politicised, riddled with nepotism and factionalism — and broken

Daryl Swanepoel and Roelf Meyer
05 Sep

Ramaphosa’s silences on SSA abuses and State Capture may be more important than what he spoke about

Marianne Merten
12 Aug

This be treason: Ramaphosa acknowledges Zuma-era armed militia’s likely connection to July insurrection

Marianne Thamm
12 Aug

Inquiry hears how Minister Dlodlo and her spooks gagged inquiry that may have stopped the July violence

Ferial Haffajee
12 Aug

South Africa’s security sector is in crisis – immediate reform is needed to ensure national stability

Jakkie Cilliers for ISS TODAY
21 Jul

For South Africa to survive, we must publicly hold everyone accountable

Stephen Grootes
14 Jul

We must deal with the State Security Agency, once and for all

Branko Brkic
22 May

Mahlobo, Fraser, Zuma: Nailed at Zondo of involvement in unlawful secret projects costing hundreds of millions

Marianne Thamm
20 May

Former state security minister David Mahlobo distances himself from apartheid assassin and Jacob Zuma ‘poisoning’ projects

Caryn Dolley
19 May

SSA official tells State Capture Commission of millions paid to Mahlobo and MK Military Veterans Association

Greg Nicolson
14 May

Looting at intelligence agencies flourished while politicians failed their oversight role

Greg Nicolson
13 May

State Security Agency has become a source of embarrassment — it’s time for our spies to come in from the cold

Nel Marais
03 May

Spy watchdog Dintwe spells out how Bongo and Fraser tried to derail his SSA investigations and weaken the IGI office

Steve Kretzmann
22 Apr

Meddling ministers and dodgy spooks: Inspector-General of Intelligence lays bare his woes to Zondo

Steve Kretzmann
21 Apr

Strange, we’ve seen this thing before: Break-in at offices of Zondo Commission is sign of panic as final deadline looms

Marianne Thamm
18 Apr

The world according to David Mahlobo: everyone is a spy, everyone/everything is being watched, including the State Capture Commission 

Marianne Thamm
09 Apr

A rare, but fractured parliamentary debate highlights gulf over intelligence

Marianne Merten
11 Mar

SA ripe for the picking for political, critical infrastructure cyber-attacks

Karen Allen
09 Mar