# GILAB Spy Bill

- Link: https://dearsouthafrica.co.za/gilab-spy-bill/
- Published: 2023-12-19T12:48:22+02:00
- Author: dearSA

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### **23326 **comments delivered to parliament (closed 15 February 2024)

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**In this video: Michael Swain with an important call to action! **The Spy Bill,
or the General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill as it is formally known, is now 
open for you to have your say to Parliament!

If we push back in big numbers, we can put the brakes on legislation that will destroy
our right to privacy and which can be used as a means of State regulation of religion.
Take action now and visit the forsa.org.za website, click the banner image and take
two minutes to make your submission. Thank you for standing together for faith and
freedom!

The Bill seeks to:

    - Undo the establishment of the SSA, in line with the recommendations of the
      High level Review Panel on State Security Agency
    - Establish the South African Intelligence Agency, which will have a domestic
      focus and be responsible for counter-intelligence and intelligence gathering
      functions.
    - Establish a South African Intelligence Service responsible for foreign intelligence
      gathering.
    - Clarify the mandate of the two Intelligence Services that are to be established.
    - Re-establish the South African National Academy of Intelligence (SANAI), which
      is responsible for intelligence training.
    - Provide a legislative mandate for Bulk Interception in compliance with the
      Constitutional Court judgement.[1] The judgement declared bulk surveillance
      unlawful and noted that section 2 of the National Strategic Intelligence Act,
      No. 39 of 1994, is ambiguous, and should thus be interpreted in a manner that
      best promotes the right to privacy.
    - Provide for a regulatory framework for compliance monitoring, coordination
      and alignment of intelligence activities.
    - Provide for the regulation of Cybersecurity, protection of information and
      intelligence.
    - Enable the Minister to prescribe issues of accountability and control of Intelligence
      Services in line with Section 209 of the Constitution.
    - To provide for matters related to former members of the Intelligence Services.

[View more info and a schedule of public hearings in each province ](https://dearsouthafrica.co.za/gilab-spy-bill/summary/)