DA leader John Steenhuisen said on Tuesday his party will bring the Promotion of Access to Information Act in order to obtain the intelligence report State Security Minister Ayanda Dlodlo said she provided to the police crime intelligence before the outbreak of violence in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng.
This after Police Minister Bheki Cele said he did not receive a report from the State Security Minister, adding that if he had received the report aimed at assisting the government to react in time before the unrest happened, his signature would be on it as proof.
Steenhuisen said it was “outrageous” that acting Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said it was in the country’s interest to release the intelligence information collected by State Security.
“It is critical that South Africans know the Who, When and What of this catastrophic failure of our security cluster to protect citizens and property: Who
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