ANALYSIS 15 October 2023 Terrorism financing: The perfect ruse for a state security clampdown on NGOs and churches By Heidi Swart 5 min 25
SPIES IN DISGUISE ANALYSIS 3 October 2023 Rica and Gilab – the two surveillance bills before Parliament that should give every freedom-loving South African pause for thought By Heidi Swart 8 min 12
SPIES R US ANALYSIS 26 July 2023 Democracy Down: Ramaphosa’s proposed State Security vetting of NGOs an onslaught on SA’s future By Heidi Swart 6 min 12
SPIES R US OP-ED 30 May 2023 State surveillance in SA just got a legal boost, but it’s not an unrestricted licence to intercept By Heidi Swart 6 min 0
TRACKED, PART TWO 22 December 2022 Police spy equipment broken or gathering dust amid SAPS intelligence crisis By Heidi Swart 7 min 5
TRACKED, PART ONE 7 December 2022 With its hamstrung surveillance capabilities, SAPS is no match for criminals By Heidi Swart 11 min 5
EXPIRED LICENCES 25 August 2022 Colossal Crisis: Entire SAPS without digital forensic tools after massive IT tender stalls By Heidi Swart 7 min 7
ANALYSIS 28 July 2022 Shower head video cameras: How Rica fails to regulate state surveillance of citizens By Heidi Swart 10 min 0
RICA’S TOOTHLESS WATCHDOGS 12 July 2022 The awful state of SA's lawful telecoms interception, Part One By Heidi Swart 10 min 0
RIOT. REGROUP. REPEAT 7 July 2022 Cash/Guns/Ammo/Comms: SA on the verge of another insurrection, security experts warn By Heidi Swart 13 min 24
MASS SURVEILLANCE: PART TWO 25 September 2021 Vumacam’s ‘hundreds of thousands of cameras’ will be watching you By Heidi Swart 10 min 29
MASS SURVEILLANCE: PART ONE 8 September 2021 Here’s how Johannesburg security cameras track you By Heidi Swart 14 min 10
