2021-w826 - 24 June 2021

Mimmy Martha Gondwe to ask the Minister of State Security

(1)What number of members of the State Security Agency (SSA) are categorised as senior management service members (SMS); (2) whether the SMS members within the SSA submitted their financial disclosure forms to the Department of Public Service and Administration, as required by Regulations 18 and 19 of the Public Service Regulations of 2016, for the (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19 and (c) 2019-20 financial years; if not, what are the reasons that SMS members did not submit their financial disclosure forms despite it being a mandatory requirement to do so in terms of the relevant provisions of the Public Service Regulations; if so, what number of SMS members submitted their financial disclosure forms in each of the specified financial years; (3) whether he plans to take disciplinary action against the implicated SMS members; if not, why not; if so, what is the nature of the disciplinary action that he intends to take against the implicated SMS members?

Reply from the Minister of State Security on 24 Jun 2021

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2021-w1508 - 24 June 2021

Russel Nsikayezwe Cebekhulu to ask the Minister of State Security

Whether her department has taken any steps to ensure that the cybersecurity of the Republic is not compromised in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic during which there had been a worldwide rise in cybercrimes and ransom attacks; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?

Reply from the Minister of State Security on 24 Jun 2021

The SSA through its National Communications provides the following as measures and steps to ensure that Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Security or cyber security in organs of state is maintained.

Provision of ICT Security Solutions and services to organs of state for protecting and securing electronic systems:

Rendering periodic and on-demand Information Assurance services and continuous monitoring services to clients and identified Critical ...

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2021-w1493 - 03 June 2021

Dianne Kohler Barnard to ask the Minister of State Security

(1)Whether her department and/or the State Security Agency has concluded any work exchange and/or employment agreements with any entity of the Republic of Cuba from the 2010-11 financial year up to the 2020-21 financial year; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what (a) total number of Cuban nationals (i) have been employed in each of the specified financial years and/or (ii) are due to be employed in the 2021-23 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework period, (b) are the details of the work that each of the specified Cuban nationals was and/or will be employed to perform, (c) are the details of the specific skills sets that each of the specified Cuban nationals possessed and/or will possess that South African nationals did or will not possess and (d) are the details of the total cost of employing each of the specified Cuban nationals in each case; (2) whether her department and/or the State Security Agency took any steps to ensure that the specific skills set of the specified Cuban nationals were and/or will not be available in the Republic amongst South African citizens; if not, in each case, why not; if so, what are the relevant details of the (a) steps taken and (b) outcomes of the steps taken in this regard?

Reply from the Minister of State Security on 3 Jun 2021

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2021-w227 - 28 April 2021

Dianne Kohler Barnard to ask the Minister of State Security

(1) Whether the State Security Agency launched and/or finalised a full investigation into allegations made during testimony at the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture, Corruption and Fraud in the Public Sector including Organs of State that certain persons (names furnished) were involved in the looting of R9 billion from the State while each was employed in her department; if not, in each case, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the details of the (a) investigation and (b) recommendations of the investigation in each case; (2) whether any criminal charges have been brought against any of the specified persons regarding the allegations; if not, in each case, (a) why not and (b) by what date is it envisaged that the criminal charges will be brought against each of the specified persons; if so, what are the (i) relevant details and (ii) CAS numbers of each case?

Reply from the Minister of State Security on 28 Apr 2021

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2021-w245 - 08 March 2021

Petrus Johannes Groenewald to ask the Minister of State Security

(1) What are the relevant details of the procedures that are followed by the State Security Agency (SSA) in order to ensure that firearms are (a) stored safely and (b)(i) issued and (ii) returned correctly in accordance with procedure; (2) what total number of firearms in the SSA has been (a) lost and/or (b) stolen in each respective year since 2009; (3) whether any firearms and/or ammunition have been issued since 2008 to persons who were or are not members of the SSA; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) what total number of firearms and/or ammunition, (b) to whom was it issued, (c) for what purpose and (d) what number of the firearms and/or ammunition has been returned to the SSA; (4) whether any steps have been taken to determine if some of the firearms that were issued were used in criminal offences; if not, why not; if so, what total number of firearms?

Reply from the Minister of State Security on 8 Mar 2021

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2021-w228 - 08 March 2021

Dianne Kohler Barnard to ask the Minister of State Security

Whether the State Security Agency has investigated criminal charges laid against a certain person (name furnished), a former employee of the Department of State Security, after the SA Police Service allegedly transferred the investigation of the charges laid on 9 April 2009 at the Durban Central Police Station; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the full details of the (a) investigation and (b) its outcome?

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2021-w38 - 08 March 2021

Constance Nonhlanhla Mkhonto to ask the Minister of State Security

Whether a certain person (name furnished) was on the payroll of the State Security Agency at any stage during and after the specified person’s incarceration; if so, what total amount has the State spent on the person’s sustenance and upkeep ever since the person was released from jail?

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2020-w2247 - 19 December 2020

Dianne Kohler Barnard to ask the Minister of State Security

(1) With reference to the recommendations of the High Level Panel report, (a) what has been done to deal with the politicisation and factionalisation within the State Security Agency (SSA) and (b) how has the issue of those with liberation struggle background who are unable to separate their professional responsibilities from their political inclinations been dealt with; (2) how far along is the dismantling of the parallel structures created under the Zuma era, in breach of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, and legislation; (3) how far along is the reversal of the amalgamation of National Intelligence Agency and SA Secret Service into the SSA; (4) (a) who has been held to account for the moves referred to above and (b) on what date will action be taken against the responsible person(s)?

Reply from the Minister of State Security on 19 Dec 2020

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2020-w2248 - 19 December 2020

Dianne Kohler Barnard to ask the Minister of State Security

In light of the fact that there is no sign in the operations of the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence that speaks to the recommendations of the High Level Panel report, what are the details of the progress that has been made in terms of the implementation of the recommendations of the High Level Panel report regarding the disproportionate application of secrecy?

Reply from the Minister of State Security on 19 Dec 2020

There is no disproportionate secrecy applied by the State Security Agency with regard to the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence (JSCI) which oversees the State Security Agency. Section 4(1) of the Intelligence Services Oversight Act, 1994 (Act 40 of 1994) (“the Act”) makes it mandatory that the JSCI shall, in the performance of its functions, have access to intelligence, information and documents in the ...

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2020-w2127 - 19 December 2020

Mimmy Martha Gondwe to ask the Minister of State Security

Whether the State Security Agency has a vetting backlog; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) what are the relevant details including the (i) total figures and (ii) reasons for the backlog and (b) by what date is the backlog likely to be cleared?

Reply from the Minister of State Security on 19 Dec 2020

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