Referred to as: SSA · State Security Agency · state security agency
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There are allegations that high-ranking Crime Intelligence, high-ranking South African Police Service (SAPS), and high-ranking political individuals allegedly misappropriated money from SAPS and the State Security Agency (SSA).
“It is high-ranking Crime Intelligence, high-ranking SAPS, high-ranking political individuals that were alleged to have fleeted money from SAPS and SSA.”
Colonel Padayachee asserts that civilian vetting is normally done through State Security Agencies, but he cannot point to a specific Act or Regulation mandating that civilian vetting must be done through the SSA.
“civilian vetting are normally done through State Security Agents... There is no particular Act or Regulation that I refer to... It is just a statement that I made”
Adv Sello SC challenges Colonel Padayachee's claim that civilian vetting where required must be done through the SSA, pointing out there is no legal source or policy prescribing this.
“What is the source of that claim?... Is it an Act? Is it Regulation?... you cannot then be correct that civilian vetting where required must be done through SSA”
Director Malatji explains that Metro Police officers are not members of SAPS, SANDF, or State Security Agency and thus are not covered by Section 199 of the Constitution regarding security service registration.
“Metro Police officers are not members of the South African Police Service, right. Metro Police officers are not SANDF members as per Section 199, nor employees of the State Security Agency.”
The full vetting process, not yet formal policy, is a comprehensive check done by a state security agency that includes lifestyle audit, financial checks, and background investigations of personal relationships.
“The vetting I am referring to is a full vetting done by, in our case as a municipality, by a state security agency, and it is a part lifestyle audit, financial check, proper vetting, your whole history, all your girlfriends, all your boyfriends, all your ex-wives, all those things. They check it all, and then you are either cleared or you are not cleared.”