A damning high-level review panel report on the SSA revealed there was “active monitoring” of the organisations Right2Know, Save South Africa, Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (Casac), Green Peace and South Africa First.
Civil society groups that were outspoken against the Jacob Zuma-led administration appear not surprised that they were allegedly spied on by the State Security Agency .
“Obviously, we’re concerned about the clear breach of legislative mandate by SSA but it is not surprising given we were confronting the Zuma-led government. We hope appropriate action will be taken against those responsible,” said Lawson Naidoo, Casac’s executive director.
Pityana said they were “conscious at the time of attempts to subvert our activities, whether it was physical attacks on our members, the intimidation of some of the campaign leaders, or attempts to subvert our gatherings,” he said. “Now we know who was behind it.” “The Special Operations agents have been found by a presidential panel to have committed illegal activities.
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