The hunt to fill top spy watchdog post starts over again

18 Oct 2016

Janet Heard, Media24 Parliamentary Editor

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The ANC’s preferred candidate for the Inspector-General of Intelligence position was Cecil Burgess. PHOTO: Trevor Samson

The protracted and frequently stalled search for a new Inspector-General of Intelligence, who will monitor the activities of the country’s spy networks, is on again.

New advertisements have gone up for the top post which has been vacant for 18 months after Faith Radebe’s term came to an end.

This is at least the third time that the post has been advertised.

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