Former president Jacob Zuma used the intelligence services for his own political and personal interests, most notably against his successor, Cyril Ramaphosa, a government report charges.
In response, Zuma took to Twitter accusing the committee of having two apartheid-era spies in its ranks.
Ramaphosa has promised to root out corruption and, in a strong statement on the report, condemned the way the intelligence services had been politicised.
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