Tag: state security
Dlodlo vows to rid State Security of corruption
State Security Minister Ayanda Dlodlo has reiterated the State Security Agency’s determination to fight corruption from within its ranks.
Dlodlo made the commitment in a...
State Security to establish Review Panel
The Department of State Security is hard at work to establish a Review Panel into the State Security Agency, Minister Dipuo Letsatsi-Duba...
SA State Security minister worried about terrorism, border security
State Security Minister David Mahlobo touched on a range of issues he maintains are affecting national security in South Africa during his...
ANC relents on key parts of disputed ‘secrecy bill’
The African National Congress (ANC) yesterday bowed to pressure on the Protection of State Information Bill, proposing changes in response to criticism...
State Security ready to tackle SA’s challenges
State Security will team up with others in the region to tackle challenges facing both South Africa and the Southern African Development...
Laptop thieves reportedly crack state security
Thieves broke into a Pretoria complex housing intelligence minister Siyabonga Cwele's offices and made off with laptops containing sensitive information the Sunday...
SSA fire being probed: Cwele
A fire in offices rented by the State Security Agency at the Durban headquarters of the SA Revenue Service (Sars) is being...
Strange days at State Security
A spate of mysterious break-ins and fires at some of the state security agency's provincial headquarters are believed to be linked to...
Spies bid for new powers
A draft Bill to be processed by Parliament this year will expand the ability of the state to "bug" citizens without a...
Cwele keeps up spy rhetoric
State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele says the Protection of State Information Bill or "secrecy Bill" is aimed at stamping out an increasing...
“Ousted” Shaik may get R5 million sweetener
Mo Shaik, the head of the South African Secret Service, is being pushed to quit, with negotiations over a potential R5 million...
Trusted Cwele adviser to lead ‘spooks’
Minister of State Security Siyabonga Cwele has appointed his trusted adviser as acting head of the country's intelligence services, the Sunday Times...
Mo Shaik likely to follow Maqetuka’s exit
Mo Shaik, the head of the South African Secret Service, is on his way out following the resignation of the director general...
Cabinet approves General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill
Cabinet has approved the introduction of the General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill, 2011, in Parliament. The amendment seeks to contribute to national...
Shaik, Magetuka not leaving State Security
The departure of Mo Shaik and Ambassador Jeff Maqetuka from the Department of State Security have been dismissed as rumours. In a...
Zille cals for bugging inquiry
Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille has called on President Jacob Zuma to set up a commission of inquiry into allegations that state...
IG asked to look at state security mess
Democratic Alliance parliamentary leader Athol Trollip has asked Inspector-General of Intelligence Faith Radebe to probe the reported abuse of the intelligence services...
Security ministry silent over top spooks
The Ministry of State Security says it will not yet comment on Sunday press reports that minister Siyabonga Cwele has asked the...
Gbagbo party chief and 12 others charged
The former head of ex-president Laurent Gbagbo's party and 11 others have been charged with violating state security for backing his refusal...
Radebe proposes hacking probe
The Mail & Guardian newspaper reports proposals for the establishment of a judicial commission of inquiry into private-sector spying are at an...
State Security aboard to fight crime, corruption
State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele has pledged the intelligence community's renewed support in fighting crime and corruption. Speaking during debate on his...
IGI sworn in
Advocate Faith Radebe has been sworn in as the country's new Inspector General for Intelligence (IGI). The official swearing in ceremony was...
Defence budget down 20% on MTEF figure
The defence budget has been cut. The Estimates of National Expenditure (ENE) published this afternoon alongside Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan's annual...
Gilder to testify
The state security ministry has lost its Constitutional Court application to appeal a decision compelling a former national intelligence coordinator to testify...
Cwele embarrassed as wife sits in jail
Minister of State Security Siyabonga Cwele (pictured) has been embarrassed by the arrest of his wife on drug dealing charges. Sheryl Cwele...
State security again delays top cop corruption trial
South African Minister of State Security Siyabonga Cwele is taking his fight to keep former intelligence coordinator Barry Gilder out of the...
State Security looking at Somali threat
South Africa's intelligence agencies have reportedly stepped up their surveillance of possible terrorist threats to the country and June's World Cup, with...
NPA takes on State Security over Selebi trial
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) filed papers on Thursday to oppose the Ministry of State Security's application for leave to appeal a...
SAIRR postulates al-Qaeda threat to World Cup
The South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR) says this June's soccer World Cup faces a real threat from al-Qaeda. The think...
Zuma laments death of former spy boss Mike Louw
President Jacob Zuma says he has learned "with great sadness" of the passing on of Mike Louw, former head of the National...
Ex crime intelligence chief talks conspiracy
Former police crime intelligence head and deputy national commissioner Mulangi Mphego (pictured) has made a series of allegations of espionage, blackmail, corruption and sabotage...
