Lies, threats, plots as climate of paranoia & disinformation dominates at state security

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Claims of plotting and threats, resistance to change, and even the accusation that a minister is bent on assassinating a staff member – these are the conditions that State Security Minister Ayanda Dlodlo has had to contend with and try to fix

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Ayanda Dlodlo has laid bare her frustration with what she describes as lies, gossip, challenges to her authority and the wall she has come up against while trying to restructure the State Security Agency. Picture: Kopano Tlape

They are unplaced but are getting paid. They have employment and job titles, but are not doing the workA DDG in the public sector is on a level 15 salary structure, making them the second-highest earners in government. Their annual salary starts at R1.7 million. “We spoke to staff about ending this dispensation. There are also people who have been suspended over a long period of time, without their cases having been finalised.”

“What a lot of people do not appreciate is that I may be a minister today, but I was an administrator before,” said Dlodlo. “I was national deputy head of the Scorpions. I come with a lot of experience when it comes to administration. I was a previous minister of public service and administration.

The climate of paranoia and disinformation was at play during the tenure of Dlodlo’s predecessor, Dipuo Letsatsi-Duba, who also complained about “idle hands” at the SSA who spent their time concocting “files” against political office bearers.

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