Stopping the Spies: Constructing and Resisting the Surveillance State in South Africa

by Jane Duncan

Is South Africa on its way to becoming a surveillance state, and will it need a whistleblower?

In 2013, former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden leaked secret documents revealing that state agencies like the NSA had spied on the communications of millions of innocent citizens. International outrage resulted, but the Snowden documents revealed only the tip of the surveillance iceberg. Apart from insisting on...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1776142152
• ISBN13: 9781776142156
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Wits University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"