Documents written in 2012 reveal that the SSA, working with secret services of other countries, foiled at least two al-Qaeda/al-Shabaab suicide bomb attacks in South Africa between 2007 and 2010. One target was a Jewish centre in Cape Town.

Another of the attacks was also aimed at a conference it seems, though whether that was also a Jewish event is not clear.

The SSA linked the terrorists who were planning these attacks both with al-Qaeda and al-Shabaab, the Somali militant group which is fighting to topple the precarious government of that failed state.

The so-called “white bomber” Samantha Lewthwaite (aka Natalie Faye Webb), a British citizen who is suspected of involvement in al-Shabaab attacks in Kenya, figures prominently in the SSA reports.

Available: http://www.iol.co.za/the-star/sa-not-safe-from-al-qaeda-al-shabaab-1.1824408#.VPAlNywfuI9