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In the face of fierce opposition from some of its staff.
By S thembile Cele, Bloomberg
24 May 2021 08:25
Ayanda Dlodlo. Bloomberg
South Africaâs state security minister said sheâs making headway in turning around the nationâs dysfunctional spy agency in the face of fierce opposition from some of its staff.
The agency tasked with monitoring threats to national stability is being overhauled to try and address management deficiencies and repair deep divisions that arose over almost a decade, Ayanda Dlodlo said in an interview last week. Steps are being taken to end the routine flouting of compliance procedures and reduce a senior-post vacancy rate that reached as high as 60%, she said.
Since being named state security minister in 2019, Ayanda Dlodlo said her adversaries have spread rumours she’s a gambling addict and is married to a Central Intelligence Agency operative
She also says a false impression had been created that she was allied to former President Jacob Zuma, whose nine-year rule saw the intelligence services drawn into factional battles within the ruling ANC
Dlodlo says she is appointing competent people to the SSA in a bid to root out its problems, she has however faced accusations at the Zondo Commission of appointing 26 managers without proper approval
South Africa’s state security minister said she’s making headway in turning around the nation’s dysfunctional spy agency in the face of fierce opposition from some of its staff.
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The agency tasked with monitoring threats to national stability is being overhauled to try and address management deficiencies and repair deep divisions that arose over almost a decade, Ayanda Dlodlo said in an interview last week. Steps are being taken to end the routine flouting of compliance procedures and reduce a senior-post vacancy rate that reached as high as 60%, she said.
“We are in the process of rooting out those problems” and the State Security Agency will be a different organization within the next few months, Dlodlo said May 18. “The appointment of competent people in the right spaces, the review of legislation, the appointment of ministerial advisory committees, that work has been done.”
Zondo postpones Gigaba & estranged wife s face-off to Tuesday Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo on Friday said former State Security Minister David Mahlobo’s testimony had taken longer than anticipated. FILE: Former Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba and wife Norma arrive at the State of the Nation Address 2018 in Parliament, Cape Town. Picture: GCIS.
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JOHANNESBURG - The state capture commission has postponed former Minister Malusi Gigaba’s application to cross-examine his estranged wife Norma Mngoma to Tuesday as well as her hearing.
Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo on Friday said former State Security Minister David Mahlobo’s testimony had taken longer than anticipated and Gigaba’s legal team was unable to make representations on Friday evening.