The possible targeting of journalist Marianne Thamm by state intelligence highlights a serious threat to press freedom and democratic accountability in South Africa. Here is the story.
Reporting by: Marianne Thamm
Filmed by: Joel Seboa
Edited by: Malibongwe Tyilo
Produced by: Emilie Gambade
Sub-edited by: Kevin Flynn
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Chapters:
0:00 Prima facie: what the confiscated chats reveal
1:10 How we got here: the May 2026 arrests
1:46 A web of political and business links
1:58 A secrecy bid that backfired
2:32 The commission connects it to my own break-in
3:10 Journalists under threat: the price of covering Crime Intelligence
4:03 The 2021 warning note, and what came after
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