Newsletter| The ANC must act on the recommendations of the high-level review panel that interrogated the workings of the State Security Agency and it must return to being a political party, not a spy agency, writes Mondli Makhanya
The ANC must act on the security panel’s recommendations and return to being a political party, not a spy agency, writes Mondli Makhanya
It had a chilling effect on Zimbabweans, who increasingly feared having open conversations about the state of the country and the conduct of their leaders. The 10-member multidisciplinary panel – headed by top academic, former minister and struggle veteran Sydney Mufamadi – was appointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa last year.
From running personal protection for individuals such as Dudu Myeni and ANC Youth League president Collen Maine to setting up a bogus union to infiltrate the #FeesMustFall movement with the intent of politically hijacking it, the SSA was a law unto itself. This was then followed by the creation of covert structures and operations to effect this so-called state security.
In the case of the spooks, the panel found that the politicisation is “partly aggravated by the fact that many of the leadership and management of the intelligence services have come from an ANC and liberation struggle background and have, seemingly, in some cases, not been able to separate their professional responsibilities from their political inclinations”.
How easy, then, for an ANC president who is obsessed with security and cares more about preserving an endangered political life to abuse the security services, particularly intelligence services, for his own ends. In the wake of the shocking report, there will be an implementation plan to push through the recommendations.
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