FORMER minister Sydney Mufamadi says the State Security Agency (SSA) was allegedly abused by former president Jacob Zuma to fight political factional battles in the African National Congress (ANC), including targeting his then deputy Cyril Ramaphosa.
Mufamadi, who testified to the State Capture Commission in his capacity as former chairperson of the High-Level Review Panel into the SSA, also said Zuma benefitted from millions of rands unlawfully paid to him by ‘top secret intelligence’ units during his tenure as head of state between 2009 and 2018.
“During the period under review, there was disregard for the Constitution of the republic, policy and other prescripts. Part of the evidence was indicating that the civilian intelligence was used as a private resource to serve political interest of a particular individual,” said Mufamadi, referring to Zuma.
“The special operations unit was a law unto itself, that is relative to the management structures
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