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The Minister in the Presidency responsible for State Security Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has assured South Africans that the country’s safety and security is not at risk.
She briefed the media at Parliament, after the debate of her department’s budget vote in the National Assembly.
This debate comes after recent damning allegations made by KZN Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, of serious safety and security concerns, which among others implicated Police Minister Senzo Mchunu.
In response to this, President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a judicial commission of inquiry and placed Mchunu on special leave.
Ntshavheni says the State Security Agency (SSA) and all relevant law enforcement are working actively to prevent any uprisings or violent protests like the July 2021 unrest.
“The security cluster is solid and because the people are worried, that is why the president about the national security, that is why president gave short deadlines for the commission and that should give South Africans comfort that security is priority for this government.”
Ntshavheni also availed, the public version of the 2019 – 2024 budget estimates of the SSA as well as the National Security Strategy for the 2024 to 2028 financial cycle. She says this is an attempt to show where their priority areas are and what is being done to prevent crimes like cross border crime, terrorism and others.
“So, that there can be a discussion in the country, the work that is being done, to ask, is enough being done? what are the gaps? So, that we can improve.”
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