SA’s COVID-19 infections now at 1,655, with 11 confirmed deaths
Local
-
Some SAA officials quit because of intrusive SSA vetting, Zondo Inquiry told
The vetting process came into focus in 2016 when some senior managers complained that the information they had provided was being used against them.
-
Standard procedure for all employees of SOEs to be vetted, Zondo Inquiry told
SSA evaluator Nokunqoba Dlamini told the Zondo commission of inquiry in her evidence that the law required that SAA executives be vetted by security.
-
State capture inquiry resumes with testimony from SSA evaluator
Nokunqoba Dlamini was expected to give insight into the aviation industry, particularly South African Airways.
-
Money, classified documents stolen from SSA Pretoria offices – report
This was the second burglary at the State Security Agency in five years after the theft of R17 million in December 2015.
-
Zuma was warned about Guptas but said no to probe by SSA, inquiry told
Shaik testified at the state capture commission of inquiry on Monday where he described former minister Siyabonga Cwele's interference in an investigation of the family as a dereliction of duty, which cost the state.
-
Intelligence structure changes under Zuma led to abuse of service - Shaik
Mo Shaik took the stand at the state capture commission of inquiry on Monday, where he spent the morning discussing the legislation which underpinned the creation and set the mandate for the intelligence services.
-
Moyane's Gordhan cross-examination bid & SSA on state capture inquiry agenda
The commission has called former senior officials Mo Shaik and Gibson Njenje to testify.
-
SSA to meet with its legal team over implications of Rica ruling
Judge Roland Sutherland ruled that the act, which allows the state to tap the phones of South Africans and monitor online conversations, was unconstitutional.
-
Dlodlo: Fighting gangsterism key priority for State Security Agency
The State Security Agency has joined the war against gangsterism and wants more individuals linked to organised crime prosecuted.
-
NPA won’t prosecute Mkhwebane, Letsatsi-Duba following spat over report
Both laid charges at the Brooklyn police station in Pretoria in March and April this year. The charges were later referred to the Hawks for further investigation.
-
Mhlanga: My SSA suspension malicious, designed to destabilise agency
State Security Agency ministerial adviser Bob Mhlanga questioned why State Security Minister Letsatsi-Duba suspended him so hastily on Friday before her term came to an end.
-
[UPDATE] State Security minister's adviser Bob Mhlanga suspended
The move follows the axing of another special advisor Gibson Njenje three weeks ago and raises further concerns of a purge of staff and instability at the State Security Agency.
-
Minister Letsatsi-Duba was never SSA source or spy, says agency
The State Security Agency (SSA) has denied claims that Minister Dipuo Letsatsi-Duba was a paid spy for over a decade.
-
Cwele denies abusing intelligence resources for Zuma’s benefit
Last month, a report of a high-level panel found that State Security Agency was manipulated for factional political purposes under Siyabonga Cwele.
-
Mkhwebane accuses state security minister of undermining her authority
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has laid a criminal complaint against Minister Dipuo Letsatsi-Duba over what she says is the interference with the functioning of her office.
-
Sitole: Crime Intelligence is not captured
MPs on Wednesday raised concerns over the police’s Crime Intelligence unit’s methods and whether they are legal.
-
SSA, Zuma and Mbeki: Ronnie Kasrils lifts lid on abuse of intelligence agency
Former Intelligence Minister Ronnie Kasrils has applauded the work done by the high-level review panel, which released a report on the State Security Agency.
-
Here's what went wrong at State Security Agency
‘What went wrong?’ In answering this question, it must be said that the findings of the panel do not impugn every member of the SSA and its management.
