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WhatsApp The South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF) is deeply concerned that a News24 journalist has been allegedly subject to illegal surveillance and interception from the Crime Intelligence (CI) division which is a worrying trend, internationally, of targeting journalists to curtail factual and honest news coverage. News24 informed SANEF that their lawyer had sent a letter to the acting head of the CI Lieutenant-General Yolisa Mokgabudi, demanding that “those within Crime Intelligence participating in these activities, immediately be ordered to cease all further unlawful interce...

The South African National Editors’ Forum has expressed concern about reports of a News24 journalist being under illegal surveillance by Crime Intelligence.

Alon Skuy, Gallo Images, Sowetan The amaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism scored a victory in the Constitutional Court on Thursday in a ruling on the surveillance of journalists.  The court found the Regulation of Interception of Communication Act (RICA) is unconstitutional to the "extent that it fails to provide adequate safeguards to protect the right to privacy".   The declaration of invalidity was suspended for three years. The Constitutional Court on Thursday ruled in favour of the amaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism, confirming a S...

'ConCourt surveillance ruling protects South Africans' privacy and dignity' 4 February 2021 8:29 PM surveillance Share This: It's momentous! - AmaBhungane's Cherese Thakur on the ruling that declares parts of SA’s Rica law are unconstitutional. The Constitutional Court has dealt another blow to "spook" operations in the country. It's declared that parts of our Rica (Regulation of Interception of Communication Act) legislation are unconstitutional. The ConCourt ruling confirms orders made by the high court in September. amaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journali...

Sat, 19 Dec 2020 00:00 UTC While the media has you concerned over Donald Trump's threat to veto the annual military budget, there are bigger implications for the controversial NDAA 2021. The U.S. Senate recently voted 84 to 13 in favor of the 2021 version of the annual military budget, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The Senate's vote follows a 335 to 78 vote by the House of Representatives. Despite promises of a veto from Donald Trump, the bill currently has a veto-proof two-thirds majority in both the House and Senate. Trump has until December 23rd to decide if he try to veto...