Presidency mum on Zuma’s claim that ‘well-known apartheid spies’ are behind SSA report
Former president tweets that panel never questioned him, and warns people may be 'opening a can of worms that they might regret'
The presidency has declined to respond to former president Jacob Zuma’s allegation that two members of the high-level review panel on the State Security Agency (SSA) were known apartheid spies. “No‚ ma’am,” was all presidency spokesperson Khusela Diko would say when asked if the presidency would comment on Zuma’s claim‚ which was made on Twitter at the weekend. The panel‚ chaired by former police minister Sydney Mufamadi‚ was appointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa in June 2018 to assess the structure of the SSA relative to its mandate and to inquire into its systems and capacity.
The presidency on Sunday released the 10-member panel’s report stating that various financial and operational abuses took place at the SSA to favour Zuma and his political allies. The panel found that various individuals who opposed Zuma were illegally spied on. A key finding was that there had been political “malpurposing” and factionalisation of the intelligence community over the past decade or mor...
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