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Still fighting spy wars

Analysis Shaun De Waal - 12 Mar 2015

The current Spy vs Spy farce summons a sense of déjà vu, with a CIA spook lurking in every nook.

Radebe: Spy cables leak may put SA’s security at risk

Article Staff Reporter - 5 Mar 2015

Minister in the Presidency, Jeff Radebe, has condemned the spy cables leak and welcomed the State Security Agency's investigation into the matter.

No James Bond glamour in espionage’s new ‘El Dorado’

Article Ewen Macaskill - 27 Feb 2015

There's nothing fancy about being a spy - in fact, one intelligence document warns that candidates should not be recruited if their motive is glamour.

What the ‘spy cables’ taught us

Article Phillip De Wet - 27 Feb 2015

Spook action at a distance: From Mossad agents and jams to assassination plots and plagiarism.

Greenpeace director not shocked by leaked intelligence on him

Article Sapa - 26 Feb 2015

"What hurts is that my government might have been engaging in surveillance on me and may have shared that, upon request, with South Korea," he said.

State Security to probe intelligence leak

Article Sapaxxxx - 26 Feb 2015

An investigation into the leaking of classified security documents by broadcaster Al Jazeera is under way, says State Security Minister David Mahlobo.

SA spied on its government to get facts on Russian deal

Article Ewen Macaskill - 26 Feb 2015

SA's intelligence service relied on a spy close to Russia to find out details about its own government's involvement in a $100-million satellite deal.

No easy rest for spies as they ask: Whodunnit?

Article Phillip De Wet - 26 Feb 2015

The leaked 'spy cables' published this week have SA's intelligence community tying itself in speculative knots.

Open secrets of spies in our midst

Article Qaanitah Hunter - 26 Feb 2015

We're safe under the State Security Agency, but intelligence is lacking, says minister.

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

Article Sarah Evans - 25 Feb 2015

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

Article Sapa & Staff Reporter - 25 Feb 2015

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

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