Sona 2019
Cyril Ramaphosa announces plan to reform national intelligence services
Ramaphosa says he will also re-establish the two arms of the intelligence service — one focusing on domestic and the other on foreign intelligence
President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced the re-establishment of the national security council, in a bid to better coordinate the country's intelligence and security related functions. He will chair the council. Delivering his second state of the nation address (Sona) on Thursday night in Parliament, Ramaphosa said he would also re-establish the two arms of the intelligence service — one focusing on domestic and the other on foreign intelligence.
In 2018, Ramaphosa established a high-level review panel on the State Security Agency (SSA), which under former president Jacob Zuma was seen to be used for political gains. The review panel was chaired by Sydney Mufamadi and has handed over its report and recommendations to the president. The SSA was formed following a review process, instituted by Zuma, of the country's intelligence structures in 2009. During this review the structures of the intelligence services, which included the National Intelligence Agency, were collapsed into...
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