State security agency
SSA giving ‘necessary attention’ to alleged plot to assassinate Ambassador Marks
According to American Publication Politico, the Iranian government has been planning an assassination attempt.
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'Days of corruption over': David Makhura invites SIU to conduct lifestyle audit
On Friday, Makhura announced that the provincial government would pursue criminal and civil suits against those who are identified in the Special Investigating Unit’s reports as corrupt or conduits of crime.
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Dlodlo: McBride’s appointment to SSA ministry to lift weight off my shoulders
The former Ipid head has been called to serve as director for the foreign branch, a move that is hoped will bring about stability to the agency.
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President approves appointment of McBride as head of SSA Foreign Branch
In a statement, the State Security Ministry said Robert McBride had been appointed for a period of three years commencing from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2023.
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Former State Security DG Maqetuka to appear at Zondo Commission today
It was during Mzuvukile Maqetuka’s tenure that an investigation was launched into the controversial Gupta family but it was later abandoned.
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State Security Minister Dlodlo & deputy Zizi Kodwa’s phones ‘cloned’
Several other department senior officials’ phones were also cloned and there was concern about whether any sensitive information was on them.
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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.
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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.
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State capture inquiry resumes with testimony from SSA evaluator
Nokunqoba Dlamini was expected to give insight into the aviation industry, particularly South African Airways.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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[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.
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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.
