In November 2022, Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence (JSCI) visited the UK foreign station of the State Security Agency (SSA). The committee heard a litany of complaints. (Jaco Marais/Netwerk24)
Rampant corruption, outdated technology, and a merger of apartheid intelligence agencies with post-democracy security apparatus have rendered the State Security Agency’s (SSA) base in the UK rudderless.
The station has consistently been dealing with complaints that the amalgamation of the South African Secret Service (SASS) into the SSA has reduced focus on foreign intelligence.
Matters at the UK station have deteriorated over the years and it’s now beset by operational challenges and personnel squabbles.
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