Security clearances holding back state of state-capture inquiry
The president has assured that the State Security Agency will 'prioritise' granting crucial security clearances to commission staff
All top-secret security clearances needed for the state-capture commission of inquiry will be completed by no later than September 21, according to State Security Minister Dipuo Letsatsi-Duba. The commission, which finally kicked off on Monday, has been plagued by delays to such an extent that its chair, deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo, had to bring an urgent application to have the time it has to conduct its work extended. Part of the reasons cited for the delay is the issuing of security clearances, which saw Zondo writing to President Cyril Ramaphosa to intervene in the matter. Ramaphosa’s office says he has intervened in the standoff between the inquiry and the State Security Agency (SSA), and has been assured that the agency will “prioritise” granting crucial security clearances to commission staff. The inquiry's secretary Dr Khotso de Wee has said the SSA’s failure to process the “top secret” clearances was “unacceptably delaying” the commission’s work. The SSA, in turn, la...
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