Controversial intelligence laws overhaul rapidly approved by MPs
The controversial General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill was adopted in the National Assembly on Tuesday.
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The controversial General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill was adopted in the National Assembly on Tuesday.
Secret lawmaking becomes possible in democratic SA amid parliamentary ad hoc committee’s dash to process the General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill.
Serious problems in crime intelligence stem from politicised management, where orders are given by the minister of police, who is in gross breach of the Constitution by engaging in operational activities.
The only parliamentary committee established in law to signal the seriousness of spooks’ accountability, the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence, was ‘inefficient’ and ‘dysfunctional’, according to the Zondo Commission’s final report.
State Security Deputy Minister Zizi Kodwa talked King Shaka and the Battle of Isandlwana to underscore the need for everyone to protect intelligence services. But EFF MP Mbuyiseni Ndlozi blew that out of the water — the SSA was so dysfunctional they couldn’t perform their constitutional responsibilities.