📢 New open-access volume: *Democratising Spywatching* by @DuncanJane launches 18 Mar 2026.
It explores public oversight of intelligence-driven digital surveillance across eight Southern African countries.
Published by @ScotUniPress | @UofGSPS#DigitalRights#Surveillance
📘 Democratising Spy Watching explores public oversight of intelligence-driven digital surveillance across Southern Africa.
A new book edited by IAMCR member Jane Duncan & Allen Munoriyarwa.
iamcr.org/books-Duncan-Munor…
A new book by @DuncanJane and Allen Munoriyarwa offering a comprehensive analysis of the critical challenge of intelligence accountability in an era of expanding digital surveillance capabilities is now available from @ScotUniPress
More: sup.ac.uk/forthcoming-books
Excellent news. @ParliamentofRSA and @DOJCD_ZA were wrong in allowing post-surveillance notification to be postponed indefinitely on national security grounds and failing to make the process of issuing Rica interception directions more adversarial.
President @CyrilRamaphosa has requested the National Assembly to consider afresh the Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication-Related Information Amendment (RICA) Bill out of concern by the President that the draft law may be vulnerable to constitutional challenge. tinyurl.com/3upf9crv
President @CyrilRamaphosa has requested the National Assembly to consider afresh the Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication-Related Information Amendment (RICA) Bill out of concern by the President that the draft law may be vulnerable to constitutional challenge. tinyurl.com/3upf9crv
Watching the Watchers: Public Oversight of Digital Surveillance in Africa
Submissions are invited for a special issue of the Journal of Contemporary African Studies aimed at enhancing public oversight of digital surveillance for intelligence purposes.
think.taylorandfrancis.com/s…
[MARIKANA] SERI's Nomzamo Zondo spoke to @Hilaaltv's Fahraaz Patel alongside Rehad Desai, director of #MinersShotDown to discuss the lack of justice and accountability 12 years since the #Marikana massacre.
You can watch the interview here | bit.ly/3M68vXL
[ON-AIR] @DenzilTaylor speaks to Professor of Digital Society at the University of Glasgow in Scotland, Jane Duncan on the state of SA's security laws and oversight mechanisms
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I've just joined Substack. Here's my first article. It's from some time ago but still relevant, I think...
COMMON SECURITY – A SOUTHERN VIEW open.substack.com/pub/barryg…
A piece that I did for @TC_Africa about the poor controls on covert human intelligence surveillance in South Africa
@UofGSocSci
South Africa is trying to put a stop to the abuse of its intelligence agencies - what still needs fixing theconversation.com/south-af… via @TC_Africa
A piece that I did for @TC_Africa about the poor controls on covert human intelligence surveillance in South Africa
@UofGSocSci
South Africa is trying to put a stop to the abuse of its intelligence agencies - what still needs fixing theconversation.com/south-af… via @TC_Africa
Israel is helping Southern African states use surveillance to suppress youth-led protests. But is spyware diplomacy actually working? Because Southern African countries are taking an increasingly principled stand against Israeli apartheid and genocide. @DuncanJane