The alleged intransigence of the national police commissioner Khehla Sitole in working with police watchdog Ipid could see him removed from office
The cigarette maker has been accused of giving up to $500 000 in bribes and spying on competitors
The City of Cape Town admits it monitors the social-media pages of housing activists but denies that this is spying, as tensions surrounding land occupations increase
Anybody who has actually read the book will certainly know there is no attempt by me, or the publishers, to sell it as a sexed-up Jane Bond spy drama.
The greatest irony is that focusing on Forsyth’s sex life did not highlight the terrible things she did as an apartheid-era spy.
The way the M&G handled a review of apartheid spy Olivia Forsyth’s book has triggered angry questions about patriarchal attitudes in the newsroom.
Reserve soldiers in Israel’s surveillance unit said they won’t spy on Palestinians under occupation, drawing attention to the ethics of the practice.
Casual references to foreign powers and spies are unlikely to let up after Deputy Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Maphatsoe’s slap-down.
A long-awaited report reveals SA spooks’ endless battles with funds, efficacy and independence
After Edward Snowden’s open letter, Brazil says it’s not considering granting asylum to him as the country has not received a formal request.
Britain’s Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger has told Parliament that less than 1% of information leaked by Edward Snowden has been published.
Eskom has apologised for using a private security company at the Medupi power station in Limpopo to spy on environmental bodies.
Brazil, which hotly denounced US surveillance of its leaders, itself spied on US officials as well as on Russia, Iran and Iraq a decade ago.
Barack Obama was personally informed of mobile phone tapping against German Chancellor Angela Merkel, which may have begun as early as 2002.
The fallout from the Edward Snowden saga is starting to affect global trade relationships.
The secret federal court overseeing US wiretapping programs has extended the government’s authority to collect telephone records it has been revealed.
Group urged European leaders to take a stand against industrial-scale spying by US and British intelligence agencies.
Yahoo! chief Marissa Mayer said she feared winding up in prison for treason if she refused to comply with US spy demands for data.
Leaders of the Brics group have voiced alarm about alleged spying by the US and likened it to terrorism, says a Kremlin spokesperson.
The WikiLeaks founder has filed charges in Germany claiming a US marine intelligence officer spied on him during a Berlin computer conference.
The United Nations will approach the US government over a report that its intelligence spied on video conferences by top UN officials.
The NSA’s surveillance network can reach about 75% of US internet communications – which reports say is more than what US officials have disclosed.
A small internet service provider that fiercely safeguards users’ data is a model of transparency.
Barack Obama has tried to reassure Europe after the EU demanded that the US explain a report that Washington is spying on the bloc.
US authorities have filed espionage charges against rogue intelligence technician Edward Snowden and have asked Hong Kong to detain him.
The South African government knew that British spooks were spying on it at the 2009 London G20 summit, say international relations sources.
Much like the US, South Africa spies on its own citizens illegally, and continues to do so despite knowing the spying cannot be justified.
Diplomatic traffic is fair game and not worth damaging relations over, personal data is not, says Richard Calland.
There is no "back door pipeline" to BlackBerry SA’s platform, the company says, after reports that the UK had been monitoring e-mails and phone calls.
From "Enemy of the State" to "Eagle Eye" to "Minority Report" – US films have accustomed us to the idea that we are constantly being watched.
The DA has slammed International Relations Minister Maite Nkoane-Mashabane’s handling of reports of spying by the UK as a "half-job".
In terms of both legislation and practical reality, South Africans have faced far closer scrutiny of their private communication than US citizens.