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Earlier this month the IEC, in accordance with scheduling protocols, closed the voter roll after the government set October 27 as the date the nation will go to the polls. (Luis Tato/AFP)
CHINA

The quiet rise of spy states

Few Southern African countries have laws protecting people’s privacy, a report reveals

  • Murray Hunter
3 min read
Secret state: How the government spies on you
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT

Secret state: How the government spies on you

South Africa’s intelligence agencies are routinely accessing citizens’ private SMS, phone and email conversations … illegally.

  • Heidi Swart
13 min read
FIONA ZERBST

Insurance implications if you don’t register your SIM

If you use a SIM card to communicate with security companies and electronic gates at complexes, register and be safe.

  • Fiona Zerbst
1 min read
CANDICE JONES

Consumers, operators get Rica reprieve

The Department of Justice has yielded to requests from the mobile operators to extend the Rica deadline to June 30, 2011.

  • Candice Jones
1 min read
REGULATION OF INTERCEPTION OF COMMUNICATIONS ACT

Rica: ‘Let common sense prevail’

The Regulation of Interception of Communications Act (Rica) is not just for those with cellphones — it affects all internet users too.

  • Tarryn Harbour
4 min read