Tag: SSA
State Security Agency monitoring potential threats from Trump-linked support movements
Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshaveni has revealed that the State Security Agency (SSA) is actively monitoring possible national security risks arising from international...
SSA dismisses “Operation Sibonkolo” allegations amidst ongoing reforms, still no JSCI
The State Security Agency (SSA) has dismissed recent media allegations regarding a so-called “Operation Sibonkolo”, describing them as diversionary tactics intended to undermine the...
State Security Agency refutes claims of forced retirement for employees over...
The State Security Agency (SSA) has denied allegations that employees over the age of 50 are being forced into early retirement or face dismissal....
State Security Agency implements early retirement plan amidst structural reforms
The State Security Agency (SSA) has announced the implementation of a Voluntary Severance Package (VSP) programme as part of its broader restructuring efforts. The...
South Africa’s ‘spooks’ supply intel to law enforcement – Ntshavheni
Assistance – intelligence-wise – from the State Security Agency (SSA) to law enforcement is continuous, according to Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni and...
MP assured South African State Security Agency on top of terrorism...
Concerns expressed by an MKP (uMkhonto we Sizwe Party) Member of Parliament (MP) as regards South Africa being a logistic hub for terrorist organisations...
SSA advised Home Affairs arrest of Libyans at White River military...
The entry into South Africa earlier this year of Libyan nationals subsequently discovered at an illegal White River military training camp was detected through...
Ntshavheni issues regulations on intelligence coordination to address shortcomings
Democratic Alliance Member of Parliament Nicholas Myburgh has asked Minister in the Presidency for Intelligence, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, whether she has found the National Intelligence...
Revamping of South Africa’s spy apparatus underway
More than four years after it was completed, the South African government has implemented 64% of the recommendations in the High-Level Review Panel Report...
SSA Ready To Build State Capacity
On Monday 15 July, Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni addressed members of parliament during the Budget Vote for the State Security Agency (SSA),...
Government is actively working to improve cyber security – Minister in...
Cyber security is one component of South African Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni’s responsibilities with her “assuring” the country it is receiving the...
South Africa’s intelligence agency needs speedy reform – or it must...
South Africa’s civilian intelligence service, the State Security Agency, is a broken institution. It is meant to provide intelligence to forewarn the country about...
Corruption cloud over SecDef’s head from her stint at SSA
Allegations of fraud and corruption involving over R110 million naming current Secretary for Defence Gladys Kudjoe while she held a senior position at the...
Majola named State Security Agency D-G
The State Security Agency (SSA) has a new director-general. She is Thembisile Majola.
Her appointment becomes effective today (1 March) and was announced by President...
SA’s safety and security machinery will be restored – Security Cluster
Defence and Military Veterans Minister Thandi Modise along with Police Minister Bheki Cele said at the weekend Cabinet’s security cluster was “committed to restoring...
State Security focused on ‘executing its lawful mandate’
The State Security Agency (SSA) has dismissed claims that it has roped in retired members to assist in foreign operations.
This after media reports said...
McBride suspended as SSA foreign branch head
Robert McBride, head of the foreign branch of the State Security Agency (SSA), has been suspended prompting the Democratic Alliance’s (DA) shadow minster for...
State Security Agency called to recommit to serving SA
President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on the State Security Agency (SSA) to recommit itself to serving the people of South Africa and adhering to...
SA youth enticed into intelligence field
The State Security Agency is on a drive to attract South Africa's youth into the intelligence community.
As part of the Youth Month...
SAAF 95 must be properly commemorated
This year the South African Air Force (SAAF) marks its 95th anniversary and indications are the event will pass with an absolute...
SA Govt to finalise cyber security policy
Government's State Security Agency (SSA) has promised to "move with speed" to finalise the national cyber security policy in the coming financial...
Foreign spy agencies unlikely to trust SA intelligence community after Spy...
The South African intelligence community is worried that that no foreign services will trust them with sensitive information again because of the...
ISS: Spy cables – supping with the devil
South Africa's secret service, the State Security Agency (SSA), has been caught with its pants down (to the great amusement of the...
Laptop thieves reportedly crack state security
Thieves broke into a Pretoria complex housing intelligence minister Siyabonga Cwele's offices and made off with laptops containing sensitive information the Sunday...
Spies bid for new powers
A draft Bill to be processed by Parliament this year will expand the ability of the state to "bug" citizens without a...
“Ousted” Shaik may get R5 million sweetener
Mo Shaik, the head of the South African Secret Service, is being pushed to quit, with negotiations over a potential R5 million...
Mo Shaik likely to follow Maqetuka’s exit
Mo Shaik, the head of the South African Secret Service, is on his way out following the resignation of the director general...
Cabinet approves General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill
Cabinet has approved the introduction of the General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill, 2011, in Parliament. The amendment seeks to contribute to national...
Shaik, Magetuka not leaving State Security
The departure of Mo Shaik and Ambassador Jeff Maqetuka from the Department of State Security have been dismissed as rumours. In a...
Security ministry silent over top spooks
The Ministry of State Security says it will not yet comment on Sunday press reports that minister Siyabonga Cwele has asked the...
Ackerman: Secrecy Bill will hit business
The controversial Protection of Information bill will have a direct impact on foreign investment in South Africa, Pick n Pay chairman Gareth...
No discernible threats to our constitutional order: Cwele
Minister of State Security Siyabonga Cwele says South Africa "is prospering, stable and secure".
Giving his annual budget vote – the only insight...
National Security Strategy cometh
Minister of State Security Siyabonga Cwele says his ministry and department has made significant progress in finalising a National Security Strategy (NSS)...
Cwele mulls dual-use tech strategy
An Inter-Departmental Task Team is developing a national strategy for dual-use technologies that have both security and commercial applications.
"Another strategic sector...
“Secrecy Bill” debate extended
African National Congress (ANC) MPs on Friday called for an extension of the looming deadline to complete drafting the Protection of Information...
SSA takes shape, legislation to follow
Minister of State Security Siyabonga Cwele says the State Security Bill that he promised last year, will reach Parliament this year. The...
Unions, ex-minister speak on Info Bill
The Federation of Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA) says it is deeply perturbed by the brazen nature in which the special committee...
M&G reports “intelligence purge”
The Mail & Guardian newspaper reports President Jacob Zuma is conducting a "purge of the security services". It writes the campaign's "most...
State security again delays top cop corruption trial
South African Minister of State Security Siyabonga Cwele is taking his fight to keep former intelligence coordinator Barry Gilder out of the...
State Security looking at Somali threat
South Africa's intelligence agencies have reportedly stepped up their surveillance of possible terrorist threats to the country and June's World Cup, with...
Time to improve intelligence capacity: Zuma
President Jacob Zuma says the country will be upping the intelligence ante. He says his government will "improve the capacity of intelligence...
National security threat changing: Zuma
President Jacob Zuma says changes in the global environment, including the recent financial crisis, "have brought new dimensions in the analysis of...
