OP-ED: Confirmed: Zuma’s spooks spied on SaveSA By Sipho Pityana
Although we were doing nothing illegal, we were aware that state intelligence had its eye on our organisation, Save South Africa, as part of its – illegal – attempts to prop up disgraced former president Jacob Zuma. And that they were prepared to bend – even break – the rules to try to keep him in power.
In its report, the panel said Special Operations had boasted of its success in “active monitoring of South Africa First, Right 2 Know, SaveSA, Casac and Greenpeace was done due to the penetration ability of the group”. As a result, there is no other way to see Special Operations than as a rogue intelligence unit. It was trying to prop up Zuma at a time when there was a growing societal and political realisation that he, himself, was the greatest threat to our sovereignty because of his nefarious relationships with the Gupta family and the State Capture project.
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