R2K notes that Parliament has restarted the process of appointing the Inspector General of Intelligence, the civilian watchdog on South Africa’s state security structures. In the last few days Parliament has re-advertised the position,...
R2K welcomes the withdrawal of Cecil Burgess’s name as the next Inspector-General of Intelligence. The National Assembly voted to withdraw Burgess’s name this afternoon after 9 months of delays and evasion. This is a...
R2K is highly dismayed by the Speaker of Parliament’s blatant bias displayed in a letter she wrote to Members of Parliament on Monday regarding the appointment of the Inspector General of Intelligence. In...
No more unchecked spy secrecy – Appoint a watchdog as Inspector-General! In 2016, the saga of the empty watchdog office continues: Parliament’s intelligence committee has denied that President Zuma urged MPs to support Cecil...
We are dismayed at Parliament’s failure to nominate someone to fill the vacant role of Inspector General of Intelligence. The Office of Inspector General of Intelligence is a crucial watchdog against surveillance and abuse...
R2K will be picketing today against the State Security Agency’s (SSA) in Cape Town, Durban and Tshwane . Our action is in direct response to the outrageous claims – as reported by the SundayTimes...
**UPDATE: R2K walked out of the intelligence committee meeting after the chairperson, Hon. Connie September, refused to table our letter and blocked other MPs from raising issues mentioned in the letter** Today former Member...
Today R2K launches Big Brother Exposed, a report that documents the stories of activists and community leaders who have been monitored and harassed by South Africa’s intelligence agencies, or people claiming to represent them....
R2K, amaBhungane, and the Institute for Security Studies have sent letters here and here to Parliament’s joint standing committee on intelligence (JSCI), Speaker Baleka Mbete and all political parties calling for the selection of...
R2K is outraged to learn that Parliament’s intelligence committee, the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence, has gone ahead in secret to interview candidates for the intelligence ombud, the Inspector General of Intelligence. Not only...
