Former President Zuma must appear before Zondo Commission

The State Capture Commission of Enquiry has heard how three former state security ministers who have been fingered by an unidentified State Security Agency (SSA) manager as the members of the executive who oversaw the abuse of the SSA and its mandates. A secret witness identified only as “MS K” told the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture on Wednesday, that Siyabonga Cwele, David Mahlobo and Bongani Bongo who were state security ministers under former president Jacob Zuma, abused the agency and its mandate at executive level. Another witness Mr “Y” said he believed that Dlomo’s recruitment of “co-workers” to form a “private force” of agents for then President Jacob Zuma in 2008 – 2009 was part of a plan to make him a powerful figure in the SSA when he was eventually appointed in 2012. He then had significant power to conduct unlawful operations. To expand on the address we are joined by: • Theo Venter from the University of North West • Khanyi Magubane is a political analyst and broadcaster