Spy agency under forensic investigation, says state security minister
It was found that there had been a serious ‘politicisation and factionalisation’ of the intelligence community over the past decade or more
State security minister Ayanda Dlodlo has instituted a forensic investigation into allegations made against the State Security Agency (SSA) in testimony before the commission of inquiry into state capture and in a high powered report.
The minister announced the investigation during a mini-plenary debate in the National Assembly on a motion proposed by DA MP Dianne Kohler Barnard on the need to fundamentally restructure the intelligence and security services to achieve a professional capability especially in the light of findings of the high level review panel and the allegations made at the commission chaired by deputy chief Justice Raymond Zondo ...
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