STATE CAPTURE: Civil society organisations release Boast Report, demand accountability for ‘rogue’ spying

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The ‘Boast Report’ — released by civil society organisations on Friday, 1 July — contains details of State Security Agency operations intended to surveil and infiltrate NGOs and student movements. Affected organisations, including Greenpeace Africa and ...

Civil society organisations Greenpeace Africa, Right2Know and Right2Protest released the declassified “Boast Report” from the Zondo Commission into State Capture on Friday. The report, dated 24 February 2017, references some of the during the state capture era.

“The infiltration and surveillance of civil society must be investigated, and where appropriate, the responsible people should be disciplined if they remain in the employ of the SSA, and criminally charged by the National Prosecuting Authority,” said Professor Jane Duncan of the Department of Communication and Media at the University of Johannesburg.“Unless and until that happens, then I don’t think that we can reasonably conclude that the Presidency is serious about cleaning up the SSA.

While the report has been declassified, the names of all those involved remain unknown. The author of the report is referred to only as “Braze”.

 

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