Johannesburg–South Africa has launched an investigation into the leak of espionage secrets to an international television news channel and a British newspaper, the state security minister said Wednesday.
“A full investigation has been launched into the purported leakage,” Minister David Mahlobo said in a statement.
“The leaking of the purported documents detailing operational details of the State Security Agency is condemned in the strongest possible terms,” he said.
The redacted documents leaked to the Doha-headquartered global news network Al Jazeera, and British newspaper The Guardian have been released in batches since Monday.
The leaked documents dating from 2006 to late 2014 consist mainly of communications between South Africa’s intelligence agency and other services around the world, such as Britain’s MI6, Russian intelligence and the CIA. FULL STORY