South Africa President Redesigns Intelligence Services

<p>South Africa President<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> has gathered that President Cyril Ramaphosa has&comma; in terms of Section 209&lpar;2&rpar; of the Constitution&comma; designated Minister in The Presidency Mondli Gungubele to assume political responsibility for the control and direction of the State Security Agency&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This is in line with his announcement of 5 August 2021 that the Ministry of State Security would be done away with and political responsibility for the State Security Agency would reside in The Presidency&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Section 209&lpar;2&rpar; of the Constitution&comma; which addresses governance of intelligence services&comma; empowers the President to assume political responsibility for intelligence services other than those of the police or national defence force&comma; or to designate a member of Cabinet to assume this responsibility&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The President has assigned responsibility for the State Security Agency to Minister <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">Gungubele&comma;<&sol;a> who is a Cabinet member&comma; while Deputy Minister Zizi Kodwa continues to serve as Deputy Minister&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source&colon; Republic of South Africa&colon; The Presidency<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;