The Democratic Alliance (DA) on Tuesday called for the disbandment of the entire State Security Agency (SSA) and suggested it be replaced with an independent, efficient and transparent entity.

This comes after SSA-related evidence revealed at the Zondo Commission was shown to have involved former President Jacob Zuma. The DA said the SSA’s High-Level Review Panel Report, which was released in 2019, revealed how the SSA had been refocused to protect Zuma.

DA Shadow Minister of State Security Dianne Kohler Barnard said the report revealed how millions of rands had gone missing and added that the SAA could not be saved in its current state.

The party called for an urgent investigation into various allegation of the former chairperson of the government’s high-level review panel Sydney Mufamadi.

“We are not satisfied that this report has been taken seriously by the latest powers that be, and that the undermining – or the looting – has been stopped in its tracks.

"The only possible way to ensure this carbuncle is finally lanced, is to shut down the entire SSA, and start again, from scratch,” Barnard said.