ZA

SOUTH AFRICA

Intel Environment

Military Alliance
Interior Intelligence Services	National Intelligence Agency (NIA) WP South African Secret Service (SASS) WP Crime Intelligence Division, South African Police Service
Exterior Intelligence Services
Military Intelligence Services	South African National Defence Force Intelligence Division (SANDF-ID) WP
SIGINT/COMINT Alliances

Telco/Carrier/ISP Environment

Type	Name	Ownership	URL	Notes
3G 2100	Cell C (Pty) Ltd (Cell C)
GSM 900/1800	Cell C (Pty) Ltd (Cell C)
3G 2100	MTN - Mobile Telephone Networks (Pty) Ltd. (MTN-SA)	MTN Group (ZA)
GSM 900	MTN - Mobile Telephone Networks (Pty) Ltd. (MTN-SA)	MTN Group (ZA)
3G 900	MTN - Mobile Telephone Networks (Pty) Ltd. (MTN-SA)	MTN Group (ZA)
GSM 1800	MTN - Mobile Telephone Networks (Pty) Ltd. (MTN-SA)	MTN Group (ZA)
3G 2100	Telkom SA Ltd (8ta)
GSM 1800	Telkom SA Ltd (8ta)
GSM 900	Vodacom Group Pty Ltd. (VodaCom)
3G 2100	Vodacom Group Pty Ltd. (VodaCom)

Transnational Cables and Connections

Type

Name

Ownership

Connecting Operator Point A

Connection Operator Point B

URL/Notes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_One_%28cable_system%29

LI Legislation

• Regulation of Interception of Communications & Provision of Communications Act, No. 70/2000 related to the Information Act, 2002

Vendor Appearance

Vendors with Place of Registratio in South Africa

• VASTECH

Vendors with Service / Installations in South Africa

• 2013: GAMMA / FINFISHER see Citizenlab Report 20130430

Articles / Events / Situations

2015

Date	Source	Title	Tags
20150710	wikileaks.org	HACKINGTEAM: /etc/LISTA.txt	HACKINGTEAM / US / NL / BY / MY / TR / SA / KW / IN / ID / AE / GR / SG / CZ / IT / DE / FR / NO / RS / CY / LT / ZA / HU / PL / DK / NZ / ZW / SI / KR / VA / CH / ES / CA / MT / UY / VN / BG / KZ / MO / HR / GT / QA / AT / SB / JP / RO / NA / FI / SE / RU / BN / LB / GH
20150220	mg.co.za	Securocrats serious about cyberwarfare	ZA

2014

Date	Source	Title	Tags
20140915	wikileaks.org	FinFisher - Customers	FINFISHER / GAMMA / COBHAM / DYPLEX COMMUNICATIONS / ELAMAN / TROVICOR / SK / MN / QA / ZA / BH / PK / EE / VN / AU / BE / NG / NL / SG / BD / HU / IT / BA
20140606	theguardian.com	Vodafone reveals existence of secret wires that allow state surveillance: Wires allow agencies to listen to or record live conversations, in what privacy campaigners are calling a 'nightmare scenario'	VODAFONE / AL / AU / BE / CZ / CG / EG / FJ / FR / DE / GH / GR / HU / IN / IE / IT / KE / LS / MT / MZ / NL / NZ / PT / QA / RO / ZA / ES / TZ / TR / GB

2013

Date	Source	Title	Tags
20130912	mybroadband.co.za	Spyware servers in SA: more details emerge - Information from Wikileaks offers another link between the makers of the FinFisher surveillance sofware suite and South Africa	ZA / FINFISHER / GAMMA / ELAMAN / RUMSCHEIDT, HOLGER / NELSON, LOUTHEAN JOHN ALEXANDER
20130906	mybroadband.co.za	South Africa’s link to The Spy Files: WikiLeaks has once again linked South Africa to what it calls the “mass surveillance industry”	ZA
20130904	wikileaks.org	GAMMA: Louthean Nelson	GAMMA / NELSON, LOUTHEAN JOHN ALEXANDER / LB / DE / AE / LV / CH / ID / IT / MY / SG / GB / AT / RS / TR / CI / BJ / ZA
20130904	wikileaks.org	ELAMAN: Holger Rumscheidt	ELAMAN / RUMSCHEIDT, HOLGER / LB / DE / FR / CH / AE / AT / OM / ZA / ET / US / AZ / TM / JO
20130616	guardian.co.uk	How GCHQ stepped up spying on South African foreign ministry - UK hoped to find out everything it could about negotiating position of Thabo Mbeki's government	GCHQ / NSA / ZA
20130430	citizenlab.org	For their Eyes Only: The Commercialization of Digital Spying (Full Report)	FINFISHER / GAMMA / AU / AT / BH / BN / BG / CA / CZ / EE / ET / DE / HU / IN / ID / JP / LV / LT / MK / MY / MX / MG / NL / NG / PK / PA / QA / RO / RS / SG / ZA / TR / TM / AE / GB / US / VN
20130430	citizenlab.org	For Their Eyes Only: The Commercialization of Digital Spying	FINFISHER / GAMMA / AU / AT / BH / BN / BG / CA / CZ / EE / ET / DE / HU / IN / ID / JP / LV / LT / MK / MY / MX / MG / NL / NG / PK / PA / QA / RO / RS / SG / ZA / TR / TM / AE / GB / US / VN