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Parliament to vote on intelligence inspector general post

Parliament will on Wednesday vote on filling the post of South Africa’s inspector general of intelligence, which has been vacant since April last year when Faith Radebe’s term of office ended.

Parliament’s joint standing committee on intelligence (JSCI) report recommended ANC MP Cecil Burgess, who is the former head of the intelligence committee who championed the so-called Secrecy Bill, be appointed.

Opposition parties have fiercely objected to his candidacy.

In order for it to pass through the National Assembly, two thirds majority must vote in favour of the report. The ruling party has 249 MPs in the National Assembly, and 267 are needed to carry the vote.