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South African journalist Sam Sole on landmark court victory: “2008 surveillance was the tip of the iceberg”
By Angela Quintal/CPJ Africa Program Coordinator
South Africa journalist Sam Sole, of the amaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism, spoke to CPJ about the 2008 surveillance he was subjected to and a recent landmark Constitutional Court ruling. (amaBhungane) Listen to article
South Africa’s highest court, the Constitutional Court, handed down a landmark judgment on February 4 that not only protects journalists and their sources from surveillance abuse, but also upheld a lower court’s ruling that the insidious practice of the bulk interception of ordinary citizens’ data and communication is illegal.