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On Thursday, 4 February 2021, the Constitutional Court handed down a decision which has already received worldwide acclaim. It found in favour of amaBhungane, the investigative journalism organisation, in a landmark case involving the collision between the right to privacy and the right of the state to engage in surveillance. The court ruled that the Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication-Related Information Act (Rica) is unconstitutional in five important respects because it did not provide sufficient safeguards to protect the privacy of citizens. It also...

New York, February 4, 2021 ndash; In response to the South African Constitutional Court rsquo;s decision today to uphold a 2019 High Court ruling that invalidated legislation allowing for the surveillance of members of the press, the Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following statement: ldquo;Journalist Sam Sole rsquo;s communications should never have been intercepted, but the South African Constitutional Court rsquo;s ruling today, which confirms that laws permittin

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 finds parts of Rica unconstitutional The amaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism approached the apex court for confirmation of the High Court’s 2017 decision. FILE: Picture: 123rf.com 45 days ago CAPE TOWN - The Constitutional Court has on Thursday confirmed a Gauteng High Court ruling that parts of the Regulation of Interception of Communications Act (RICA) are unconstitutional. The amaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism approached the apex court for confirmation of the High Co...

Constitutional court bans bulk Internet surveillance in South Africa In a landmark judgment handed down on Thursday, the constitutional court banned the South African state from bulk surveillance of online communication, preventing security agencies from hoovering up Internet data. This sort of surveillance, which is routinely done by agencies such as the National Security Agency in the US and GCHQ in the UK – both of which have routinely tapped into submarine Internet cables – is now illegal in South Africa thanks to the country’s highest court. The minister of state security had...