Former South African President Jacob Zuma deployed spies in factional battles within the governing party.
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Revelations show that the State Security Agency did little to safeguard the country and much to protect Zuma’s political faction and to funnel public money into private ends.
Thomas Cromwell, a man who definitely knew what you did last summer.
Hans Holbein the Younger/National Portrait Gallery
Look back centuries ago and you’ll find the same obsessive secrecy, and the same justifications, as seen today.
The US embassy in South Africa has warned of terror threats to the country’s upmarket malls.
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Governments need to build trust, especially during a time of heightened tensions around the threat of international terror attacks.