No intelligence needed by candidates for top job
Candidates for one of South Africa's most crucial and secretive jobs had an easy ride in parliament yesterday as MPs failed to focus on the crises bedevilling the spy services. The position of inspector-general of intelligence (IGI) became vacant on March 31 after the term of Faith Radebe expired.The role of the IGI is to ensure the functioning of the intelligence services, including the State Security Agency, military intelligence and the crime intelligence of the police.Parliament's joint standing committee on intelligence pointed out many irregularities, which the IGI would have to monitor, but MPs failed to raise the issues pertinently.Rather, candidates were asked questions on their management skills, the legislation that exists to regulate the sector, and the tensions between secrecy and an open society, which were raised theoretically. They were also asked about the role of the IGI...
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