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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Johannesburg – Former chairperson of the High-Level Review Panel into the State Security Agency (SSA) Sydney Mufamadi has placed former SSA minister David Mahlobo at the heart of the controversial Special Operations (SO) unit and its allegedly dubious projects, including splurging of millions of rand to former president Jacob Zuma.<\/p>\n

This came as Mufamadi took the stand and testified on allegations of wrongdoing within the intelligence agency, with special focus on the SO.<\/p>\n

Mufamadi\u2019s panel report had found that there had, over the past decade, been a growing politicisation of the SSA and South Africa\u2019s civilian intelligence community based on the factions in the ANC.<\/p>\n

Mufamadi had described the SO within the SSA as having been a law unto itself and served the political interests of the executive under Zuma through various projects.<\/p>\n

According to Mufamadi, his panel had learnt of \u201cProject Commitment\u201d of the unit, whose alleged purpose was for the financial upkeep of Zuma, with millions being covertly channelled in cash to him though former SSA minister David Mahlobo, for two years.<\/p>\n

Mufamadi said there was an identifiable individual agent for each of the operations, who \u201cwent to the window\u201d to receive money disbursed for the project and that the panel had secured representations from the agent who was responsible for Zuma\u2019s funds.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were told that the project involved providing the then president with R2.5 million per month in the 2015\/16 financial year and this amount was increased to R4.5 million per month in the 2016\/17 financial year,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He said that the panel, however, had not received proof that Mahlobo had indeed given the funds to Zuma.<\/p>\n

Mufamadi said the panel had found that the SO had initiated counter operations against President Cyril Ramaphosa\u2019s ANC presidential campaign, as well as infiltrated and weakened the \u201cZuma must fall\u201d campaign in 2016.<\/p>\n

Another project of the SO, \u201cProject Justice\u201d, was allegedly aimed at influencing the outcomes of cases against Zuma through the recruitment and handling of judges through bribes.<\/p>\n

\u201cInformation provided to the panel indicated that amounts of R1.2 million and R4.5 million were routinely given from SSA and provided to Mahlobo, who it is said was responsible for handling these sources. The panel was told that the project was necessitated by a perceived need to counter the influence of judges hostile to Zuma,\u201d Mufamadi said.<\/p>\n

Another SO project was allegedly hatched up with a R24 million budget by the SSA to infiltrate and influence the media, dubbed \u201cProject Wave\u201d, and had been set up in a bid to counter bad publicity for Zuma and the country, in SA and abroad.<\/p>\n

Mufamadi\u2019s panel had also learnt how the SSA controversially provided a safe house, protection and funds for his upkeep to former apartheid operative Eugene de Kock after he was released from prison, where he served time for his apartheid crimes.<\/p>\n

Mufamadi said the panel had also noted that a proclamation by Zuma, to establish the SSA as a ministry in 2009, had triggered a doctrinal shift within the intelligence agency, adding that it was part of the deliberate repurposing of the SSA and enabled secrecy and wrongdoing.<\/p>\n

Mufamadi said a further probe was important on the allegations, but warned that some of the operations could have been a ruse for moneymaking undertakings.<\/p>\n

Commission chairperson Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo said the evidence told to Mufamadi\u2019s panel was concerning, but pointed out that the commission had been confronted with serious allegations of financial propriety, which were difficult to prove.<\/p>\n

Evidence leader advocate Paul Pretorius said that this week the commission would continue to hear oral evidence relating to the conduct of the SSA.<\/p>\n

Political Bureau<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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