National Communications Centre

The National Communications Centre (NCC) is a South African intelligence agency, and is responsible for bulk electronic surveillance and eavesdropping (otherwise known as SIGINT) of foreign communications. In this respect it serves a role similar to that of the United Kingdom's Government Communications Headquarters or United States National Security Agency. A 2019 High Court case ruled that its bulk surveillance and interception of foreign signals work was unlawful. In 2024 the General Intelligence Laws Amendment Act 37 of 2024 created a legislative framework for the conduct of bulk surveillance thus legislating the NCC as a structure with associated functions ^[1]

References

1. Lindau, Juan D. (19 December 2022). Surveillance and the Vanishing Individual: Power and Privacy in the Digital Age. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 194. ISBN   978-1-5381-7352-7.