Arthur Fraser is a South African civil servant and former intelligence operative who was head of the State Security Agency from 2016 to 2018 and National Commissioner for Correctional Services from 2018 to 2021. He was previously an anti-apartheid activist in the African National Congress, a senior official in the now-defunct National Intelligence Agency, and briefly a senior official in the Department of Home Affairs.
Formerly a close ally of President Jacob Zuma, Fraser is known for his role in various political controversies, including his alleged role in leaking the spy tapes in 2009, his unconstitutional decision to grant Zuma medical parole in 2021, and his role in initiating the 2022 Farmgate scandal by making public a burglary at a private residence of President Cyril Ramaphosa. In 2022, the Zondo Commission recommended that the Hawks should investigate allegations that Fraser had abused state security resources during Zuma's presidency.