Statement on appointment of State Security Agency Director- GeneralPresident Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Ambassador Thembisile Majola as the new Director-General of the State Security Agency (SSA) with effect from 1 March 2022. The appointment, which is made in terms of section 209(2) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, read with section 3(3(a) of the Intelligence Services Act 65 of 2002, is for a period of three years. The appointment of a permanent head of the SSA follows President Ramaphosa’s undertaking in the State of the Nation Address on 10 February 2022 to fill…
