Police to use spying tools and trackers [VIDEO]

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The South African Police Services (SAPS) has been given a go-ahead to legally use cellphone spying tools and trackers for investigation purposes. Minister of Justice Ronald Lamola, on Friday, 19 May 2023, gazetted a five-year exemption from the Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication-related Information Act (RICA). This effectively gives police the right to use a range of what would otherwise be illegal surveillance devices. The exemption means the South African Police Service can buy and use signal interception devices to access details about any cellular device in a given area, approval for which previous Justice ministers consistently withheld.

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