The position has been vacant for about four years.
Former Independent Police Investigative Directorate executive director Robert McBride has been appointed as the director of the Foreign Branch of the State Security Agency.
However, President Cyril Ramaphosa has now approved his new appointment, the State Security ministry said in a statement. Minister of State Security Ayanda Dlodlo says McBride’s appointment will serve to bring organisational stability at the State Security Agency.
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