The Spy Cables

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.

Who is going to spy on the spymaster?

Article Sam Sole - 27 Feb 2015

The short-listing process for the new inspector general of intelligence has been an embarrassment.

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.

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Under lockdown SA’s working poor is just poor

Sarah Smit - 26 Mar 2020

Last week, the International Labour Organisation warned that the economic fallout of the coronavirus outbreak would have a devastating effect on global working poverty