State Security Agency’s weaknesses need urgent attention, says minister
Her probe, soon after taking office, found structural and governance weaknesses, which she blames on the SSA’s ‘perpetual state of transition’
The State Security Agency (SSA) is wracked by systemic structural and governance weaknesses that require "urgent intervention", State Security Minister Dipuo Letsatsi-Duba admitted in her speech in Parliament on Friday. These weaknesses had been identified in a probe conducted by the minister after she took over the department a few months ago. She attributed the problem to the fact that the agency had been in a "perpetual state of transition". The SSA has been criticised for its failures in governance and operational capacity, Letsatsi-Duba told MPs, and stronger controls over its financial management and the management of operational funds was necessary. There was no place for "rogue elements" in the intelligence services, she said. President Cyril Ramaphosa has decided to appoint a review panel to assess the structure of the SSA and inquire into its systems and capacity. The minister said the panel would be established swiftly and would consist of a team of no more than 10 expert...
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