With reference to reports that a certain person (name and details furnished) and two of his colleagues (names and details also furnished) are allegedly in possession of fraudulent security clearance certificates, (a) what were the circumstances surrounding the production of these alleged fraudulent security clearance certificates and (b) what corrective action has been taken regarding the production of the specified alleged fraudulent certificates;
(2) Whether the specified persons qualify for the issuing of valid security clearance certificates; if not, why not?
1. The two officers referred to are not in the employment of the State Security Agency. In terms of our records no security clearance certificates were issued to the two officers by the State Security Agency.
2. Please refer to the response above
Has a certain person (name and details furnished) undergone any security clearance assessments; if so, (a) what was the date of the security clearance assessment and (b) what was the outcome?
As of 01/08/2017 no security clearance request had been received by the State Security Agency.
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With reference to his reply to question 1972 on 7 July 2017, what number of the threat assessments conducted (a) in the (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13, (iv) 2013-14, (v) 2014-15, (vi) 2015-16 and (vii) 2016-17 financial years and (b) since 1April 2017, contained a recommendation that security for very important persons be (i) provided and/or (ii) increased for the individual(s) concerned?
The threat assessments that SSA provide, in compliance with the counter intelligence mandate as provided for in the National Strategic Act of 1994 (No. 39 of 1994) as amended, do not prescribe security measures that need to be implemented in response to a threat. The determination of the measures to be applied is the prerogative of the requesting institution.
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Whether (a) his department and (b) each entity reporting to him appointed transaction advisors for tenders in the period 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2016; if so, (i) who were the transaction advisors that were appointed for the tender, (ii) for which tenders were they appointed, (iii) what was the pricing for the tenders in question and (iv) what amount were the transaction advisors paid?
The State Security Agency (SSA) has no record that transaction advisors have been appointed for tenders for the period 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2016.
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Whether any staff of (a) his department and (b) each entity reporting to him were awarded any contracts or agreements to conduct business with any state entity in the (i) 2014-15, (ii) 2015-16 and (iii) 2016-17 financial years; if so, what are the (aa)(aaa) name and (bbb) professional designations of the staff members and (bb)(aaa) details of the contract(s) and/or agreement(s) awarded and (bbb) amounts in each case?
The State Security Agency (SSA) awarded no contracts or agreements to personnel of the Agency to conduct business with any state entity in the years stated above.
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Which entities reporting to him (a) have a board in place and (b) do not have a board in place , (i) of those that have a board, (aa) when was each individual board member appointed and (bb) when is the term of each board lapsing and (ii) how many (aa) board members are there in each board and (bb) of those board members of each entity are female;
(2) With reference to entities that do not have boards in place, (a) who is responsible for appointing the board and (b) when will a board be appointed?
In terms of the National Intelligence Services Act 65 of 2002, as amended by the General Intelligence Laws Amendment Act 52 of 2003, there are no boards that should be established by the Minister of State Security.
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How many security threat assessments has his department and/or any entity reporting to him made recommending the assigning of (a) Protection and Security Services and/or (b) Presidential Protection Services to individuals (i) in the (aa) 2010-11, (bb) 2011-12, (cc) 2012-13, (dd) 2013-14, (ee) 2014-15, (ff) 2015-16 and (gg) 2016-17 financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2017?
The State Security Agency (SSA) is mandated by the National Strategic Act of 1994 (Act No. 39 of 1994), and as amended by the General Intelligence Laws Amendment Act of 2013 (Act No. 11 of 2013), to conduct and coordinate counterintelligence (CI). In fulfilling this legislative mandate the SSA is required to “put in place or institute measures and conduct activities to neutralise the ...
Does (a) he, (b) his Deputy Minister or (c) any of the heads of entities or bodies reporting to him make use of security services paid for by the State for (i) him/herself, (ii) his/ her immediate family members or (iii) any of their staff members; in each case (aa) what are the reasons for it, (bb) from which department or entity’s budget is the security services being paid, and (cc) what are the relevant details?
The State Security Agency (SSA) does not make use of private security services.
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Whether his department has employed a certain person (name furnished) in any capacity; if so, (a) what is the specified person’s (i) employment start date and (ii) job description and (b) what are the relevant details of the payments the person received since the employment start date, including (i) salary, (ii) benefits, (iii) bonuses and (iv) any other payments?
1.The person referred to, is said by the member that he is a suspended person from Crime Intelligence.
2. Crime Intelligence does not have its mandate on the Minister of State Security.
3. Labour Relations Act and Basic Conditions Employment Act defines every Employment Relations of everyone in the Employment of the State.
Whether (a) his department and (b) each entity reporting to him procured any services from and/or made any payments to (i) a certain company (name furnished) or (ii) any other public relations firms; if not, in each case, what (aa) services were procured, (bb) was the total cost, (cc) is the detailed breakdown of such costs, (dd) was the total amount paid, (ee) was the purpose of the payments and (ff) is the detailed breakdown of such payments?
The State Security Agency (SSA) has no Bell Pottinger in its data base of companies.
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