Apartheid Spy
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Unembargoed: November 23 to 29
JZ’s ‘deal’ with the apartheid spymaster: Niel Barnard is suing for millions claiming Zuma extended his contract with the State Security Agency
Journalist gives EFF one week to prove apartheid spy claims, or pay up
Thandeka Gqubule says she has obtained declassified documents proving that Stratcom was spying on her
Phosa testifies about Mabuza spy report in defamation case
Mpumalanga Premier David Mabuza sued former ANC higher-up Mathews Phosa for defamation for allegedly fabricating a controversial spy report.
M&G reduces former spy to a vagina on legs
The greatest irony is that focusing on Forsyth’s sex life did not highlight the terrible things she did as an apartheid-era spy.
Smutty take obscures the true role sex played
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.
‘Sauce’ for the gander a disgrace to their gender
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.
Phosa: What the butler ‘heard’
Vicious accusations and countercharges abound in Mathews Phosa’s domestic and political life.