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Former public protector Thuli Madonsela says intelligence agency opened documents couriered to her by the department of international relations. (Photo by Esa Alexander/Sunday Times/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

Madonsela says State Security Agency tried to snoop on CIEX-Bankorp probe

Former public protector says intelligence agency opened documents couriered to her by the department of international relations

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[From our archives] Spy boss Fraser brings out his wrecking ball

As J Edgar Hoover did during his long tenure as FBI boss, South Africa’s former spy chief has seemingly amassed potentially damaging information on leading figures in the ANC

Pelindaba is South Africa’s atomic research station. It now produces about 20 tons of silicon a year for international companies which is used in microchips for electronic components including the world supplier of isotopes for pharmaceuticals. This is where atomic bombs where produced in the 1970’s.

South African intelligence services are fluent in NoSpeak

This offshoot of Orwell’s Newspeak uses semantic obfuscation to hide state failures and abuses in the inherently ambiguous world of intelligence. Who knows what and how much it…

Jammeh came to power in a military coup in 1994, installing a structure of oppression and corruption that touched nearly every part of Gambian society. (Thierry Gouegnon/Reuters)

Gambia launches probe into ex-dictator’s abuse

The commission will hold witness hearings into Yahya Jammeh’s 22-year era of oppression, opening the way to prosecuting those responsible

Spooks vet ANC candidates

Aspiring MPs fear state intelligence is being used to manipulate the list to retain Zuma loyalists.

Pagad – which became notorious for violence in the 90s – says its attempts to help drug-affected communities in Jo’burg have been thwarted by police.

Does Jo’burg need Pagad?

Pagad – which became notorious for violence in the 90s – says its attempts to help drug-affected communities in Jo’burg have been thwarted by police.

NIA boss ‘not aware that he’s resigned’

NIA boss ‘not aware that he’s resigned’

The director-general of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Gibson Njenje, has been forced out of his post, Sunday newspapers reported.

Shout about the ‘Secrecy Bill’

The decision to force through anti-democratic secrecy laws marks a striking retreat from SA’s post-1994 legislative tradition.

NIA boss ‘not aware that he’s resigned’

Intelligence boss Njenje could be on his way out

Rumours of a fallout between Gibson Njenje, Siyabonga Cwele and Jacob Zuma have sparked fears of the revival of a turf war within the NIA.

Spooks back to their old tricks

Spooks back to their old tricks

The wars that turned South Africa’s intelligence services into a political battleground are over for now.

NIA says it is not monitoring Zille’s calls

Zille maintains her calls were being monitored

Western Cape Premier Helen Zille insisted on Wednesday that her telephone calls were once being monitored by the National Intelligence Agency (NIA).

NIA says it is not monitoring Zille’s calls

NIA says it is not monitoring Zille’s calls

The National Intelligence Agency (NIA) on Wednesday denied it was monitoring Western Cape Premier Helen Zille’s telephone calls.

Zuma’s new spy purge

Zuma’s new spy purge

President Jacob Zuma’s purge of the security services has claimed its most strategic victim: Arthur Fraser, head of a powerful NIA division.

Moe Shaik’s appointment angers opposition parties

The appointment of Moe Shaik as South African Secret Service head on Friday raised the ire of several political parties.

M&G was spied on

Yes, the Mail & Guardian was spied on by state security agencies, but I won’t tell you why — and, anyway, they were entitled to.

DA to oppose appointment of Mo Shaik as NIA head

The Democratic Alliance will oppose the reported appointment of Mo Shaik as the National Intelligence Agency’s (NIA) new director general.

Zuma’s lawyer keeps mum over origin of tapes

ANC president Jacob Zuma’s lawyer has denied National Intelligence Agency (NIA) deputy head Arthur Fraser gave him secret tape recordings.

DA lays charges against Zuma’s lawyer, NIA boss

The DA laid criminal charges against Jacob Zuma’s lawyer Michael Hulley and National Intelligence Agency deputy head Arthur Fraser on Thursday.

Mbeki denies interference in Zuma case

Thabo Mbeki has again denied any political interference in the Jacob Zuma matter, calling for vigilance against ”spreading deliberate falsehoods”.

DA calls for probe into Cwele, drug allegations

The DA called on Monday for the president to set up an independent inquiry to probe possible misconduct by the new minister of intelligence.