Moe Shaik is a former South African spy boss.
He played significant roles both during and after the apartheid era. Born in 1948, he grew up in Durban and became a member of the African National Congress (ANC), which opposed the apartheid regime.
During the apartheid era, Moe became involved in anti-apartheid activities and worked as an informant for the ANC’s intelligence wing known as Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK).
He fed information to the ANC, helping in their fight against the Western-backed apartheid government.
In the late 1980s, he joined the South African Secret Service (SASS), the country’s central intel agency. At the same time, South African intel services were deeply involved in oppressive activities during the apartheid era, including surveillance, torture, and targeted killings of anti-apartheid activists.
Conversation
Some of Moe’s story is covered in his book The ANC Spy Bible, the foundation of which our conversation is based.
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