Ramaphosa must act to beef up collapsed intelligence services

SA will never bring crime and corruption under control for as long as this core government function is compromised

14 July 2024 - 00:00 By Herman Mashaba

President Cyril Ramaphosa didn’t appoint a minister for the intelligence services when he announced the national cabinet last week. In a country with some of the highest levels of homicide, rape, crimes against children, house robbery and human trafficking in the world, this omission — which may be temporary, assuming he is still applying his mind to the issue — is a crucial one...

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