By Levy Masiteng
A former Brigadier General in the South African Air Force has been sentenced to six months in federal prison in the United States after admitting to acting as an agent of the Republic of South Africa and making false statements while applying for a US government security clearance.
Portia Anyamba, 59, currently of Knoxville, Tennessee, was sentenced last month by US District Judge Thomas A. Varlan in the Eastern District of Tennessee.
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According to a statement from the United States Attorney’s Office, Anyamba pleaded guilty to acting as an agent of the Republic of South Africa in violation of US federal law and to making false statements on her security clearance application.
She was also sentenced to two years of supervised release and ordered to pay a US$9,500 (About R155 000) fine.
“Anyamba knowingly acted
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