Zuma's 'rogue' spies infiltrated civil society organisations

A declassified report from within the belly of the State Security Agency (SSA) details how agents infiltrated several civil society organisations in South Africa posing as activists. This was during 2016/17 when former President Jacob Zuma was increasingly besieged with accusations of state capture due to the proximity of himself and his family to the Guptas. The so-called Boast Report was authored by a member of the SSA's special operations unit for then director general of the agency, Arthur Fraser. In this interview with BizNews' Michael Appel, interim programme director of Greenpeace Africa, Melita Steele, explains how the NGO came to find out it was being spied on and what recourse it now seeks. Steele also highlights that the recommendations of the high level review panel - chaired by Dr Sydney Mufamadi - established in June 2018 by President Ramaphosa to investigate the actions of the SSA, are yet to be fully implemented. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices