SA desperately needs another Thuli Madonsela
29 March 2016 - 02:26
The ANC sidestepped a potentially humiliating defeat in the National Assembly earlier this month when, after a year of trying, it withdrew its third attempt to have former MP Cecil Burgess appointed to the crucial post of inspector-general of intelligence.Burgess, who is regarded by the opposition as an intelligence hawk, played a key role in pushing "the secrecy bill'' through parliament.
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