{"id":1682,"date":"2025-10-11T07:02:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T07:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goldentimessouthsudan.com\/?p=1682"},"modified":"2025-10-11T07:02:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T07:02:07","slug":"top-south-african-cop-calls-for-spy-probe-into-media-jailing-of-journalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goldentimessouthsudan.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/11\/top-south-african-cop-calls-for-spy-probe-into-media-jailing-of-journalists\/","title":{"rendered":"Top South African cop calls for spy probe into media, jailing of journalists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><sub>KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi speaks in September at a Commission of Inquiry into his allegations that senior police officials colluded with criminal syndicates in South Africa. On October 9, he spoke with CPJ about his call for journalists from certain outlets to be surveilled by state security agents. (Photo: Reuters\/Siphiwe Sibeko)<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sub>New York, October 10, 2025<\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by KwaZulu-Natal provincial police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi\u2019s doubling down on his call for lawmakers to endorse the surveilling of journalists by South Africa\u2019s State Security Agency and for reporters to be jailed for misinformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a text exchange with CPJ on Thursday \u2014 following two days of testimony earlier in the week before an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cpj.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=6ad2c1e7bfaa1357bb4387b58&amp;id=c13a41c83f&amp;e=50bd10efca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ad hoc parliamentary committee<\/a>&nbsp;probing his<a href=\"https:\/\/cpj.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=6ad2c1e7bfaa1357bb4387b58&amp;id=7bda2bc605&amp;e=50bd10efca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;explosive<\/a>&nbsp;July claims of the \u201ccapture\u201d of the criminal justice system by rogue police, corrupt politicians, and crime syndicates \u2014 Mkhwanazi said he did not have issues with \u201cjournalism as a profession.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, he declined to retract his request to lawmakers, which CPJ cautioned was dangerous and, if enacted, would effectively criminalize journalism when the media are facing unprecedented threats worldwide. A record&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cpj.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=6ad2c1e7bfaa1357bb4387b58&amp;id=90f3645404&amp;e=50bd10efca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">375<\/a>&nbsp;journalists were behind bars in CPJ\u2019s latest annual&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cpj.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=6ad2c1e7bfaa1357bb4387b58&amp;id=fdf7ed2e3e&amp;e=50bd10efca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">prison census<\/a>&nbsp;on December 1, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Mkwanazi praised some journalists for exposing corruption, he insisted that \u201cwe must isolate and remove those unethical individuals who tarnish the image of the profession.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mkhwanazi declined to explain why he did not consider the Press Council of South Africa\u2019s existing mechanism of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cpj.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=6ad2c1e7bfaa1357bb4387b58&amp;id=a52814c676&amp;e=50bd10efca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">independent co-regulation<\/a>&nbsp;\u2014 by representatives of both the press and the public \u2014&nbsp;to be the most appropriate means of addressing unethical journalism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi should honor his oath of office by upholding and protecting South Africa\u2019s constitution, which guarantees media freedom \u2014 not drag the country back to the repressive days of apartheid when journalists were spied on, criminalized, and jailed for their work,\u201d said CPJ Africa Director Angela Quintal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf Lt. 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Mkhwanazi has a beef with certain journalists, he should provide credible evidence to substantiate his claims, present it to their media bosses for disciplinary action if warranted, or use South Africa\u2019s robust system of independent co-regulation to ensure journalists are held to account.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Tuesday, Mkhwanazi&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cpj.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=6ad2c1e7bfaa1357bb4387b58&amp;id=ac13c5d999&amp;e=50bd10efca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">urged<\/a>&nbsp;lawmakers to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cpj.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=6ad2c1e7bfaa1357bb4387b58&amp;id=bdae93acc7&amp;e=50bd10efca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">authorize<\/a>&nbsp;the State Security Agency \u201cto conduct a thorough counterintelligence investigation of the role of the media in this country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A day later, he accused a journalist \u2014 whom he named under&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cpj.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=6ad2c1e7bfaa1357bb4387b58&amp;id=f553fd7b05&amp;e=50bd10efca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">parliamentary privilege<\/a>&nbsp;and without substantiation \u2014 of being&nbsp; \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/cpj.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=6ad2c1e7bfaa1357bb4387b58&amp;id=d01ace2135&amp;e=50bd10efca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">handled<\/a>\u201d by, or on the payroll of, rogue members of the police\u2019s Crime Intelligence Division, who he claimed were spreading misinformation. The accusation was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cpj.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=6ad2c1e7bfaa1357bb4387b58&amp;id=16cac21925&amp;e=50bd10efca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rejected&nbsp;<\/a>by the journalist\u2019s newspaper. Mkhwanazi said other journalists from media outlets that he named were also similarly compromised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mkhwanazi&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cpj.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=6ad2c1e7bfaa1357bb4387b58&amp;id=b6972af2db&amp;e=50bd10efca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">called<\/a>&nbsp;on parliament to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/cpj.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=6ad2c1e7bfaa1357bb4387b58&amp;id=ecdbd6543c&amp;e=50bd10efca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">put measures in place<\/a>\u201d to ensure \u201ca heavy penalty\u201d for mistakes made by journalists, saying those responsible should not only lose their jobs, but \u201cmust land up in prison.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cpj.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=6ad2c1e7bfaa1357bb4387b58&amp;id=705ddea6de&amp;e=50bd10efca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">South African National Editors\u2019 Forum<\/a>&nbsp;and the independent&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cpj.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=6ad2c1e7bfaa1357bb4387b58&amp;id=2200c91ddc&amp;e=50bd10efca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">News24<\/a>&nbsp;site linked Mkhwanazi\u2019s attack on the media to journalists\u2019 reporting that exposed police corruption.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi speaks in September at a Commission of Inquiry into his allegations that senior police officials colluded with criminal syndicates in South Africa. 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