The court bid between the inspector-general of intelligence and the former director-general of the State Security Agency (SSA) did not take place on Thursday.The case was set to be heard by judge Cornelius van der Westhuizen in the High Court in Pretoria, which sits in the Palace of Justice in Pretoria.However, it did not take place and journalists were told the legal teams had told the judge that they would go see the deputy judge president.It was not clear what exactly transpired and what the status of the court bid was.When asked for comment outside the court, Jac Marais, attorney for Inspector-General of Intelligence Setlhomamaru Dintwe, said he could not say anything about what was happening with the case.The SSA and the inspector-general of intelligence’s office have not yet responded to requests for comment.Dintwe was stripped of his security clearance by former State Security Agency (SSA) director-general Arthur Fraser in March.In the application lodged, Dintwe has asked the...
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