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amaBhungane calls ‘censorship’ as Twitter blocks access to tender exposé 14 May 2021 - 14:29 By Khanyisile Ngcobo Twitters users clicking links to articles on the amaBhungane website were blocked on Friday. Stock photo. Image: 123RF/rawpixel Investigative journalism group amaBhungane said Twitter blocking links to its online articles appeared to be an “attempt at censoring a highly respected news outlet”. The non-profit newsroom’s managing partner Sam Sole tweeted on Friday that links to their website were being blocked — coinciding with the publicat...

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...

RICA spy ruling skims deeper rot in surveillance practices When amaBhungane’s investigative journalist Sam Sole discovered that he was the subject of state surveillance, it wasn’t a shock. In Sole’s words, “amaBhungane works at the intersection between business, politics and crime”, where scandal is abundant. When amaBhungane took its case to The Constitutional Court, it was ruled that RICA is unconstitutional. The judgement stated that the Act violates the right to privacy, access to courts and the freedom of expression in the media. Sam Sole is most certainly not alone in being sp...

South Africa's surveillance legislation used to intercept journalists' communications is declared unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court.

The Constitutional Court has declared the law which governs the communication surveillance activities of the country’s intelligence community unconstitutional. Picture: iStock While the Constitutional Court ruling declaring some spy laws unconstitutional there are still some loopholes in the surveillance law, writes Jane Duncan. South Africa’s Constitutional Court has declared the law which governs the communication surveillance activities of the country’s intelligence community unconstitutional. The case was based on evidence that the state spied on investigative ...