AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY: Probe into IGI alleged misconduct stalled as secret-fund millions remain without scrutiny
Very little to no progress has been made into the investigation of alleged misconduct by suspended Inspector General of Intelligence Imtiaz Fazel, and while his legal and parliamentary battles remain unresolved, expenditure of secret intelligence funds, estimated at more than R1-billion, has effectively gone without proper oversight for more than a year.
South Africa's intelligence agencies, including the National Intelligence Coordinating Committee and the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence, have effectively avoided scrutiny over millions of dollars in secret intelligence fund expenditures, according to recent revelations. The investigation into alleged misconduct by suspended Inspector General of Intelligence Imtiaz Fazel has stalled, as his legal and parliamentary battles continue unresolved.
It has emerged that Fazel, in a letter to Parliament, accused Nicoc and the JSCI of impeding his investigation and implicating the former in misconduct allegations. The JSCI reportedly restarted its investigation into Fazel's misconduct in February, but the findings have not been properly reviewed, and the investigation remains at a preliminary stage.
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