Intelligence committee nominates Imtiaz Fazel for spooks ombud: Parliament’s joint standing committee on intelligence (JSCI) has nominated Imtiaz Fazel for the position of SA’s next inspector-general of intelligence.
If successful, he will fill a vacancy left by Dr Setlhomamaru Dintwe, whose five-year term ended in March.
Only 232 MPs voted in support of his nomination, when he needed at least 267 for the nomination to go through. “Provided that if the nomination is not approved as required in paragraph , the committee shall nominate another person. Fazel is the deputy director-general for governance, risk and compliance in the department of public works.
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