Some members of the State Security Agency were considered enemies of the South African Revenue Service investigative units, former SARS executive Johann van Loggerenberg testified on Friday in Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's impeachment hearings.
Suspended public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane takes the oath before facing questions from MPs on Friday afternoon during her impeachment hearing.SSA members were considered enemies of SARS, its former executive Johann Van Loggerenberg testified before the Section 194 Committee.
Van Loggerenberg testified for a third day running before the National Assembly's Section 194 Committee in Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's impeachment hearings. "As these attacks increased, it began to include certain individuals within law enforcement, the state intelligence agencies, organised crime, gangs and so on, and in some instances, those relationships were symbiotic.
"We were also conducting investigations that were beginning to affect very influential people, and politically connected people and politically exposed people and so forth, but also very powerful and rich organised crime figures and groupings within the country."Mkhwebane 'rogue unit' recording exposes alleged SSA abuses by her former boss Arthur Fraser
During the recorded discussion in January 2019, Dintwe and IGI legal advisor Advocate Jay Govender detailed the serious allegations around the IGI investigating the SSA Special Operations Unit, headed by the controversial Thulani Dlomo.
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