Having to account for spending on covert operations would make it more difficult for intelligence agencies to abuse their powers.
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Having an intelligence service that is not fit for purpose means the country is vulnerable to security threats from within and outside the country.
The spy watchdog needs to make its findings on complaints against the country’s intelligence agencies public as a matter of principle.
Tensions between the US and South Africa – this time over the terror alert – are nothing new. Their relations have always had highs and lows since South Africa became a democracy in 1994.
The hybrid nature of threats to South Africa’s energy infrastructure can only be solved by an integrated solution, including severe sanctions that should include fines and imprisonment.
The commission could have made more of the evidence and been more categorical about when it thought criminality had taken place.
Globally, intelligence services trade in secrets and conduct covert operations. But this does not exempt them from public scrutiny, parliamentary oversight, and audit processes.
The Constitutional Court judgment is a huge victory, not only for journalists and lawyers who stand to benefit directly and immediately, but for broader society.
Revelations show that the State Security Agency did little to safeguard the country and much to protect Zuma’s political faction and to funnel public money into private ends.
The axing of the prosecutions head follows sweeping changes to other king positions in the security cluster by President Cyril Ramaphosa.
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Professor of Digital Society, University of Glasgow
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Associate professor, University of South Africa
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Professor in Political Science, University of South Africa
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Professor in Law and Security, University of Canberra; Stellenbosch University
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Lecturer at the Faculty of Military Science / Affiliate Member, National Security Hub, University of Canberra and Researcher for Security Institute for Governance and Leadership in Africa (SIGLA), Stellenbosch University