Portia “Posh” Anyamba, a former South African Air Force brigadier general, is sentenced to six months in jail in the United States after pleading guilty to acting as a “secret foreign agent” and falsifying information related to security clearance, according to reports. The case describes her as having connections to South Africa’s State Security Agency through an association with a former or current official. Prior to sentencing, Anyamba worked in the US at a government science and energy laboratory. The reporting also places her in a broader personal and political context, noting her history connected to South Africa’s struggle against apartheid. One outlet states that former president Thabo Mbeki reportedly called her at some point to express pride in her. Another outlet details her guilty plea and emphasizes the compliance-related aspects of the offence, including the submission of inaccurate information during the security-clearance process. The sources describe the sentence and the sequence of proceedings rather than providing new details on the underlying intelligence activities in South Africa.