Jerome Maake News Today

The General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill has been adopted by the National Assembly after just four months and will separate intelligence services into foreign and domestic agencies.

The offending MPs had offered a variety of excuses for not meeting the September 2023 deadline, including personal problems and also technology troubles.

The General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill, which has drawn strong criticism from civil society, proposes new regulations related to security vetting and spying.

Limpopo residents in Musina used the public hearing on the controversial General Intelligence Law Amendment Bill to raise concerns about cross-border crime and illegal migration in the area.

Frustrated with security in the town closest to the border with Zimbabwe, Musina residents have instead lashed out at corrupt police and border officials.

Inspector-General of Intelligence Imtiaz Fazel tells MPs the proposed intelligence law overhaul should strengthen oversight of SA’s intelligence services.

The General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill is now before South African MPs, but much still seems to be unresolved.

Secret lawmaking becomes possible in democratic SA amid parliamentary ad hoc committee’s dash to process the General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill.

The Regulation of Foreign Military Assistance Act makes it illegal for a South African citizen to join the defence force of another country.

South Africans participating in the Middle East war are a threat to the interest of the republic and will be prosecuted, according to minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni.