‘The evidence suggests that this Commission may not in fact have been necessary if the [State Security Agency] detected, fully investigated and countered State Capture as a threat to our constitutional order when the symptoms first appeared,’ said Chief Justice Raymond Zondo in the commissi.
The Zondo Commission found that the State Security Agency’s illegal Special Operations Unit (SOU), headed by Thulani Dlomo, embarked on a number of unconstitutional operations costing millions of rands. The Zondo Commission found that the State Security Agency’s illegal Special Operations U.
SSA established unlawful protection unit for Zuma, Zondo inquiry hears Updated
Gaopalelwe Phalaetsile
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The commission of inquiry into state capture has heard how people were illegally recruited into the State Security Agency (SSA) following the election of Jacob Zuma as president in 2009.
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Forty-eight people from KwaZulu-Natal were unlawfully recruited into SSA to serve Zuma, the commission was told on Wednesday.
An employee at the SSA appeared at the commission on Wednesday under a pseudonym to protect her identity.
‘Ms. K’ is part of an investigation, dubbed Project Veza , which has been probing corruption and maladministration at the agency.