Media articles and interviews
Angola
Rui Verde, ‘Lei da bufaria generalizada’ (Generalised buffoonery law), Maka Angola, 5 February 2024
Botswana
Tachilisa Badala Balule, 'A call for accountable communications surveillance', Mmegi newspaper, April 15 2024.
Tachilisa Badala Balule, ‘Gov’t must reform the law to make DIS accountable’, Mmegi Online, 14 February 2025.
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Tresor Musole Maheshe, ‘RDC: l’avenir de libertés numériques est au coeur de l’actualité, cas du journaliste Stanislas Bujakera’, JamboRDC,
10 May 2024
Namibia
Frederico Links, ‘SIM card registration and the spy agency’, The Namibian, 13 January 2024
Frederico Links, 'No privacy guaranteed’, The Namibian, 12 March 2024
Mauritius
Christina Chan Meetoo and Sarah Chiumbu, ‘Smart and mobile ID in Mauritius: recommendations for a balanced approach’, Le Mauricien, 6 February 2025.
Mozambique
Mozambique: Ernesto Nhanale, ‘Registo biométrico de cartões SIM: que riscos para protecção de dados dos cidadãos e vigilância indevida?’ (Biometric registration of SIM cards: what risks for citizen data protection and undue surveillance?), Magazine Independente, 20 February 2024
Ernesto Nhlanale, ‘Reformas Pós-Eleitorais: É Urgente Introduzir Mecanismos de Supervisão nos Serviços de Segurança do Estado’ (‘Post Election Reforms: It is Urgent to Introduce Oversight Mechanisms in State Security Services’), The Mozambique Times, 7 May 2025.
South Africa
“South Africa’s intelligence agency needs speedy reform – or it must be shut down”, The Conversation, 7 March 2023
“South African Spy Bill fails the democratic test on bulk surveillance”, Daily Maverick, 1 August 2023
Jane Duncan, ‘South Africa’s surveillance law is changing but citizens’ privacy is still at risk’, The Conversation, 8 October 2023
Jane Duncan, ‘South Africa’s new intelligence bill is meant to stem abuses – what’s good and bad about it’, The Conversation, 15 January 2024
Jane Duncan, ‘Surveillance and the state: South Africa’s proposed new spying law is open for comment – an expert points out its
flaws’, The Conversation, 5 February 2024
Jane Duncan, ‘South Africa is trying to put a stop to the abuse of its intelligence agencies – what still needs fixing’, The Conversation, 22 July 2024
Jane Duncan, ‘Storm over SABC news head Moshoeshoe Monare puts spotlight on SA’s broken security vetting system’ (with Heidi Swart), Daily Maverick, 5 May 2024
Zimbabwe
Allen Munoriyarwa, ‘The authoritarian roots of Zim’s surveillance laws’, The Zimbabwe Independent, 12 January 2024
Interviews
Jane Duncan, interview with South Africa’s public broadcaster, the South African Broadcasting Corporation on South Africa’s General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill, 15 January 2024
Jane Duncan, interview with The Citizen newspaper on South Africa’s General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill, 14 February 2024
Jane Duncan, radio debate on 702 Talk Radio on South Africa’s General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill, 22 February 2024
Rui Verde, interview with Radio Despertar on Angola’s National Security Bill, 10 February 2024
Jane Duncan, panel debate on the Bill with the chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee chairperson responsible for the General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill, Jerome Isaac Maake, Radio 702, 22 February 2024 (not available online)
Jane Duncan, interview with ENCA on regulation of covert intelligence operations, 25 July 2024 (not available online)
Jane Duncan, interview on the General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill with Denzil Taylor, Power FM, 31 July 2024