The State Security Agency has today, Monday, 21 February 2022, disputed allegations made by a News 24 report that among others, “criminal networks which captured and paralyzed the State Security Agency between 2008 and 2018 are still firmly entrenched in the organization” (SSA DECLASSIFIED: Networks which looted R1.5bn from spy agency still in place as investigations collapse). The report further makes an unfounded allegation that investigations launched to probe corruption in the agency have .
The State Security Agency has denied allegations that the agency has maintained internal criminal networks through the reappointment of officials suspended for corruption, saying investigations into wrongdoing have not "fizzled out".