Parliament, Friday, 19 April 2024 – The Ad Hoc Committee on the General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill today conducted the Northern Cape leg of the public hearings at the Recreation Hall in Galeshewe in Kimberley, where the committee welcomed approximately 204 members of the public.
Among the inputs made today were support for re-establishing the intelligence academy to capacitate the country’s intelligence services. Community members also supported the independence of the National Intelligence Co-ordinating Committee (NICOC) and the Inspector General of Intelligence (IGI), the need for a Deputy IGI, and for the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence (JSCI) to have a Deputy Chairperson.
Members of the public also proposed that the JSCI should have regular meetings with the President of the country. Proposals to amend the Secret Services Act of 1978 to provide for an Evaluation Committee within 12 months after the Act is passed, were also proposed.
ISSUED BY THE PARLIAMENTARY COMMUNICATION SERVICES ON BEHALF OF THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE ON THE GENERAL INTELLIGENCE LAWS AMENDMENT BILL, MR KENNETH MMOIEMANG.
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