Former president Jacob Zuma has not approached State Security Minister Ayando Dlodlo about his claims that intelligence agencies ran a smear campaign to assassinate his character since the 1990s. before the state capture commission of inquiry on Monday, Zuma claimed that while he was the ANC's intelligence chief in the 1990s, he received an intelligence report which stated that three intelligence organisations met and discussed him.
He did not name the organisations but said they started a process of"character assassination" against him. Zuma also alleged that these spies were nurtured in the ANC so that they could one day lead the party.Asked about this at a press briefing before her budget vote speech, Dlodlo said:"Has president Jacob Zuma raised the issue of character assassination with me? He has not.""But what I must say is that those are issues before the Zondo commission.
Dlodlo and her deputy, Zizi Kodwa, smiled when News24 asked how many suicide bombing attempts the SSA had foiled in recent years, but Dlodlo passed the question on to acting director general, Loyiso Jafta. "I'm afraid, if I ever divulged any detailed information on what we do on the terrorism front, then the minister would have to dismiss me the moment this session comes to an end, so I'm afraid we can't give you an answer there," Jafta said.
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