/ 22 July 2021

Rwanda’s involvement in Ramaphosa phone surveillance will further strain relations

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Wild horses: Presidents Cyril Ramaphosa (left) and Emmanuel Macron are both named by investigative journalists The Pegasus Project, suggesting their phones have been surveilled. (Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images)

But experts doubt the South African intelligence community has the capacity even to establish whether Ramaphosa’s phone was compromised

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