Intelligence Services Oversight News Today

Mashukuca also said he consulted section 12 of the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) 2 of 2000 regarding exemptions and office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence was not among those listed in the section

SA's new intelligence bill could easily have been written by people who wish to turn South Africa into a national security state.

SA’s intelligence legislation must be urgently amended to effect greater transparency and effective oversight over the State Security Agency.

Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said on Thursday that no new amendments regarding overseeing the intelligence services would be enacted

Parliament on Thursday said it was implementing the Zondo commission's recommendations but highlighted it would not amend existing laws as recommended by chief justice Raymond Zondo in his state capture report, because most of them were already catered for.

Parliament on Thursday said it was implementing the Zondo commission's recommendations but highlighted it would not amend existing laws as recommended by chief justice Raymond Zondo in his state capture report, because most of them were already catered for.

Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence has missed the end-of-May statutory deadline for its annual report that’s a rare glimpse into state security and police and defence intelligence – from telephone bugging, officially interceptions, to financial management.

How to restore its credibility.

In October, South African president Cyril Ramaphosa and his cabinet committed to a range of reforms to the country’s intelligence services. He based these reforms on recommendations made by the judicial commission of inquiry into state capture.

The new inspector-general of intelligence needs to act urgently to restore the credibility of the office. This includes resolving a range of civil society complaints about alleged intelligence abuses.