Not to be confused with Mohammed Iqbal "Mo" Shaik (born 1958), another Umkhonto we Sizwe operative.
Moe Shaik
Shaik at the Zondo Commission in November 2019
Born
Riaz Shaik
1958 or 1959 (age 64–65)
Johannesburg, Transvaal Union of South Africa
Other names
Mo Shaik
Alma mater
University of Durban-Westville
Known for
Operation Vula operative
Head of the South African Secret Service
Political party
African National Congress
Relatives
Schabir Shaik (brother)
Chippy Shaik (brother)
Yunus Shaik (brother)
Riaz "Moe" Shaik (born 1958 or 1959), also spelled Mo Shaik, is a South African civil servant, diplomat, businessman, and former intelligence operative who has been the South African High Commissioner to Canada since 2022. He is a former chief of the National Intelligence Co-ordinating Committee and a former director of the foreign intelligence wing of the State Security Agency, at that time still called the South African Secret Service.
During apartheid, Shaik practiced as an optometrist and worked in the underground structures of the African National Congress (ANC) in Natal province, reporting to Umkhonto weSizwe commander Jacob Zuma. He was known for his work in ANC intelligence, particularly as part of Operation Vula. In the post-apartheid period, he worked as a special adviser to Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Lindiwe Sisulu in the Ministry of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation.
Shaik was also a key political ally of Zuma, who was elected President in 2009 and appointed Shaik to lead the South African Secret Service in October 2009. He left the position in February 2012 due to his poor relationship with Siyabonga Cwele, Zuma's Minister of State Security.
Riaz "Moe" Shaik (born 1958 or 1959), also spelled Mo Shaik, is a South African civil servant, diplomat, businessman, and former intelligence operative...
lampooning Shaik's arrival in prison, followed in March 2009 by a series lampooning Shaik's dismissal. MoeShaik O'Malley, Padraig (7 May 2004). "MoeShaik on...
and fraud MoeShaik (born 1959), South African civil servant Nowhera Shaik (born 1973), Indian businesswoman and politician Shanina Shaik (born 1991)...
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public spat ensued between Zuma allies and Ngcuka, who was accused by MoeShaik and Mac Maharaj of having been an apartheid spy, an accusation later dismissed...
Africa. During this time Maharaj worked with Schabir Shaik's two brothers, Yunis Shaik and MoeShaik, also members of the ANC. Maharaj reported to the then...
Marianne (19 February 2020). "A Nightingale Sang in CR Swart Square: MoeShaik and the greatest story not yet told". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 26 December...
National Executive Committee. In late 1996, Mti was appointed to succeed MoeShaik as chief of the National Intelligence Coordinating Committee. The committee...
refused. He claimed that Copelyn and HCI executive director Yunus Shaik (brother of Moe and Schabir) were "the driving forces behind the attempts to push...
according to Golding, Copelyn and HCI executive director Yunus Shaik (brother of Moe and Schabir) had driving "attempts to push me out" after Golding...
Playing field "School History" (PDF). Penang Free School. "Senarai sekolah". MOE (in Malay). Archived from the original on 4 December 2022. Retrieved 11 June...
Ugbad Abdi Luigi and Iango May Samira Said Philipp Jelenska June Shanina Shaik Greg Swales July/August Nour Rizk & Sawai Padmanabh Singh Nishanth Radhakrishnan...
Archived from the original on 13 March 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2023. Shaik IH, Bastian JR, Zhao Y, Caritis SN, Venkataramanan R (2015). "Route of administration...
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