The State Security Agency (SSA) was used for a number of years to fund ANC activities, in some cases in the lead up to elections, without any officials accounting for the resources looted. This happened after the agency was politicised, with a paradigm shift from national to state security that favoured the head of state. The commission of inquiry into state capture heard these details from acting director-general of the SSA, Loyiso Jafta, on Tuesday. Jafta said as much as R9-billion in assets has been looted from the SSA over a period of about four years, and while efforts to recover it have been successful in some instances, the agency has also met challenges along the way.