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Examining the relationship between national security and the individual citizen’s right to privacy in South Africa between 1994 and 2021
Dissertation (MSS (Security Studies))--University of Pretoria, 2022.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/88925 Examining the relationship between national security and the individual citizen’s right to privacy in South Africa between 1994 and 2021 Graham, Victoria angelcartwright848@gmail.com Cartwright, Angel National Security Mass surveillance South Africa Privacy Social Contract UCTD Dissertation (MSS (Security Studies))--University of Pretoria, 2022. The aim of this qualitative study is to attempt to characterise the complex relationship that exists between the individual’s right to privacy and the state’s national security in democratic South Africa. Arguably, the root of the complex relationship between these two concepts is caused by the inherent tensions that exist between the government’s responsibility to ensure national security and the citizens’ right to their own privacy. Ultimately, technological advancements, particularly those that have enabled increased mass surveillance by governments, have caused the relationship between the state and citizens to change. This is because of, inter alia, government access to mass information as well as the monitoring of the private activities of citizens, leading to threats to civil liberties, notably, the right to privacy. South Africa is used as a case study to contextualise the causes and implications of the complex relationship between privacy and national security using the social contract theory. The study finds that technology has led to mass surveillance being used to ensure national security. However, this has led to tension between the individual’s right to privacy and national security. The study concludes by characterising the relationship between national security and the individual’s right to privacy and provides recommendations that will hopefully add to the growing literature on matters of privacy and national security. Political Sciences MA (Security Studies) Unrestricted 2023-01-23T13:08:12Z 2023-01-23T13:08:12Z 2023 2022 Mini Dissertation * A2023 https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/88925 en © 2022 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | National Security Mass surveillance South Africa Privacy Social Contract UCTD Examining the relationship between national security and the individual citizen’s right to privacy in South Africa between 1994 and 2021 |
| title | Examining the relationship between national security and the individual citizen’s right to privacy in South Africa between 1994 and 2021 |
| title_full | Examining the relationship between national security and the individual citizen’s right to privacy in South Africa between 1994 and 2021 |
| title_fullStr | Examining the relationship between national security and the individual citizen’s right to privacy in South Africa between 1994 and 2021 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Examining the relationship between national security and the individual citizen’s right to privacy in South Africa between 1994 and 2021 |
| title_short | Examining the relationship between national security and the individual citizen’s right to privacy in South Africa between 1994 and 2021 |
| title_sort | examining the relationship between national security and the individual citizen s right to privacy in south africa between 1994 and 2021 |
| topic | National Security Mass surveillance South Africa Privacy Social Contract UCTD |
| url | https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/88925 |