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Parliament’s Scopa may subpoena State Security Agency over vetting of SOE employees

Scopa chairperson Mkhuleko Hlengwa. (David Harrison/M&G)

Parliament’s standing committee on public accounts (Scopa) will invoke its right to summon the State Security Agency (SSA) to report to parliament on its vetting processes at state-owned enterprises (SOEs). 

Scopa made the unanimous decision on Wednesday, in the event that the SSA fails to appear before the committee.

The committee requested a legal opinion after Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele made a U-turn by declining an invitation for deputy minister responsible for state security Zizi Kodwa to report to Scopa last week. 

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