On Tuesday Tommy Mthombeni told the SAHRC hearings into the July riots that the SAPS was understaffed, and under pressure

The new appointments at the grandiose-sounding State Security Agency should not fool anyone: they are about loyalty.

MK veterans, who are being likened to Zimbabwe’s war veterans, say they should not be seen as a threat.

Three sources have independently told the M&G that staff are fuming over what they their life insurance premiums.

‘Old habits of secrecy do nothing more than encourage inefficiency and corruption’

South Africa has the technical capacity to conduct cross-border electronic eavesdropping and 300 of a planned 500 spies are already at work doing so.

President Thabo Mbeki has conveyed his and the government’s condolences to the family of late former intelligence minister Joe Nhlanhla.

Pikoli could suffer the same fate as former defence force boss Georg Meiring, according to National Intelligence Agency boss Manala Manzini.