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State Security Agency probed for spying on employees at SABC
Evidence led during the SABC ad-hoc committee hearings showed the agency had investigated staff members after alleged leaks
The inspector-general of intelligence is investigating allegations of State Security Agency surveillance of employees of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) and interception of their communications. Jay Govender, legal adviser of the inspector-general of intelligence, Setlhomamaru Isaac Dintwe, confirmed the probe in an e-mail to Business Day, after the DA laid a complaint. Evidence led during the SABC ad-hoc committee hearings was that the agency had investigated staff members after they had allegedly leaked information about the broadcaster. DA deputy chief whip Mike Waters said in March he would write to Dintwe to request that he conduct an investigation into the allegations made by SABC journalists during the hearings into the SABC that their communications were monitored and intercepted by the agency. In response to a parliamentary question by Waters, Justice and Correctional Services Minister Michael Masutha said Judge Yvonne Mokgoro had not authorised the agency...
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