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South Africa is trying to put a stop to the abuse of its intelligence agencies - what still needs fixing
South Africa’s security laws are open to abuse by rogue intelligence operatives and politicians. These laws are meant to govern the conduct of covert activities by intelligence agencies and oversight mechanisms. But weaknesses have been exploited to spy on …