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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

‘I will do whatever is necessary so that those people who fight for a vulnerable truth in the face of populism have got money to fund their fights,’ said Thandeka Gqubule. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)

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’s law firm has been appointed by the Kopanong municipality to sue for damages.

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.

Zinedine Zidane has announced he is leaving Real Madrid

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.

Public wrangle: ANC Mathews Phosa has accused his former butler of theft and fraud. Photo: Oupa Nkosi

Phosa: What the butler ‘heard’

Vicious accusations and countercharges abound in Mathews Phosa’s domestic and political life.