# Jasmine Opperman: Ex-SAAF General jailed in the US as an SA agent…

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Podcast: [BizNews Radio](https://stenobird.com/podcast/biznews-radio-9869)
Published: 2026-07-09T13:48:00+00:00
Episode link: https://iono.fm/e/1694720
Audio file: https://dl.iono.fm/epi/prov_1500/epi_1694720_medium.m4a?p=rss
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A former brigadier general in the South African Air Force (SAAF) has been jailed in the United States after she pleaded guilty to one count of acting as an agent of South Africa and one of making a false statement in her security clearance application. In this interview with Chris Steyn, Jasmine Opperman, who spent over 20 years in South Africa’s intelligence services, and who is now a senior analyst at Fulcrum Analytics, takes viewers through the case of Portia Anyamba - who held the position of programme management operational specialist in the National Security Programme Office at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. She came under surveillance by the FBI during regular communication with a State Security Agency (SSA) official stationed at the SA Embassy in Washington and was intercepted prior to another meeting with the official who had instructed her: “Please remember to also bring the laptop with.” Opperman says this case comes at a “very convenient time” for politicians in America. “Is this the ideal situation that the Trump government has been waiting for?”

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