Newsletter| State Security Minister Dipuo Letsatsi-Duba has lobbied the ANC top six for support in her fierce fight with secretary-general Ace Magashule, himself part of the powerful structure. Political meddling is seen as the reason behind the battle
The unprecedented battle between the man who controls the ANC’s nerve centre and the political head of the country’s intelligence agency burst into the open last week, with Magashule issuing a stinging attack on Letsatsi-Duba, whom he accused of peddling information that he had tampered with the ANC’s election list.She sent the request to Magashule – and copied it to the other members of the top six, including President Cyril Ramaphosa.
An anonymous complaint has also been filed against Letsatsi-Duba before Parliament’s joint standing committee on intelligence.Four independent agency sources told City Press that Letsatsi-Duba had also been accused of using a chartered plane for private business at the SSA’s expense and of approving bodyguards for her adviser, in contravention of the ministerial handbook.
Intelligence insiders said Letsatsi-Duba was suspicious that Mkhwebane, who told her that a copy of the same report was leaked to her office by unknown sources, had long made findings against Gordhan and his former Sars colleagues, and “simply needs permission from the minister to legitimise her report”.
Legoete said that in 2016 there were technical mistakes during the capturing of the list on the IEC electronic system. City Press heard claims that Magashule was followed on the day he went to the IEC offices to submit the ANC list.“The intelligence services might have been used to spy on the Public Protector. This can only be verified after investigation by the police,” said the source.The source said Mahlobo and his predecessor, Siyabonga Cwele, were also accused of using intelligence services against political opponents, adding that “it is still the same problem”.
City Press learnt that the SSA had “informally” been asked to help the ANC vet its election candidates because of concerns about Magashule.The insider said the ANC list submitted to the IEC was questioned in many party circles, and a strong push was under way to get its national executive committee to intervene at its next meeting.
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