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Spy cables: 7 things you need to know about SA’s spies

Here are 7 things you need to know about SA’s intelligence services, in the wake of details from spy cables released by Al-Jazeera and The Guardian.

Spy cables: Plot to kill Dlamini-Zuma, Mossad threatens SA

According to leaked secret intelligence documents, Dlamini-Zuma allegedly faced "an eminent threat" to her life in Addis Ababa in 2012.

Churches have conducted services outside the Mediclinic Heart Hospital in Pretoria where Nelson Mandela is being treated.

Mossad trained Mandela, says Israeli archives

Israeli Mossad agents operating in Ethiopia in 1962 unwittingly trained Nelson Mandela in hand-to-hand combat, weaponry and sabotage.

The M&G’s front cover was swathed in the black

Mandela was never trained by Israeli agents, says Foundation

The Nelson Mandela Foundation quashed reports that the former president received training from Israeli agents in 1962.

Israel braces for more expulsions in passport row

Israel had hoped a row over the use of forged passports in the killing of a top Hamas militant in Dubai was over.

Inquiry into Hamas killing ups pressure on Israel

Israel came under fresh pressure on Thursday as Australia became the latest country seeking answers over the killing of a top Hamas militant.

The truth about the Mossad

The recent, outlandish assassination in Dubai may prove the most damaging yet in the Mossad’s history of high-profile, bungled operations.

Israel shrugs off calls for arrest of top spy

Israel on Friday shrugged off calls for its top spy to be arrested over the killing of a Hamas commander.

Israel says no proof it carried out Dubai killing

Israel says no proof it carried out Dubai killing

Israel said on Wednesday the use foreign-born Israeli identities by a hit squad suspected of killing a Hamas militant did not prove Mossad did it.

Sudanese rebel leader meets with Israeli spies

A powerful Sudanese rebel leader met secretly with top Israeli espionage officials in Israel this month, Israeli defence officials said on Monday.

From Mossad agent to PM

One of Tzipi Livni’s greatest challenges will be to restore some integrity to the tainted Israeli political system, writes Rory McCarthy.

Israeli minister admits she was a Mossad agent

Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni publicly acknowledged on Tuesday she had been an agent for the Mossad spy agency.

Hezbollah says US warship threatens regional stability

The pro-Iranian Hezbollah group accused the United States on Friday of endangering regional stability by deploying a warship off Lebanon and vowed to defy what it called an act…

Bush calls for end to Israeli occupation

United States President George Bush made his most explicit call for an end to the Israeli occupation after making his first visit to the West Bank on Thursday, where he witnessed…