Building a capable intelligence apparatus: a case study of the intelligence operation against Pagad.

IN CONVERSATION: BUILDING A CAPABLE INTELLIGENCE APPARATUS:A CASE STUDY OF THE INTELLIGENCE OPERATION AGAINST PAGAD

David Africa, researcher; Hermione Cronjé, advocate

Wednesday 28 January  5.00 pm  COURSE FEES R115; Staff and students R58

The discussion addresses the covert intelligence operation against the vigilante-cum-terrorist organisation, Pagad, and deals with the lessons from that experience. How can this experience, and the lessons thereof, lay the basis for a new and context-relevant intelligence praxis? As South Africa confronts a complex and interrelated set of security crises (a polycrisis?), the country requires new approaches to policing and intelligence. The operation detailed in the book Lives on the Line posits such an approach.

David Africa will be in conversation with Hermione Cronjé.

Recommended reading

Africa, D. 2025. Lives on the Line. Johannesburg: African Perspectives.

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