Presidents should beware of spies left out in the cold

Ramaphosa is in the soup because he did not have the nous to manage the spy chief whose loyalties he knew were with Zuma

05 June 2022 - 00:00

The revelations, limited though they are at this point, by former spy chief Arthur Fraser of a cash heist at the home of President Cyril Ramaphosa provide seminal lessons on how not to fire an intelligence chief...

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