By AGISANANG SCUFF
8 December 2025- The Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC) of the NPA, working closely with the State Security Agency (SSA), arrested two former members of the SSA on charges relating to the misappropriation of state funds on 30 November 2025. The suspects subsequently made their first court appearance at the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in Pretoria on 1 December 2025, and their matter was postponed to 26 January 2026 for disclosure and a high court date to be secured.
The IDAC spokesperson, Henry Mamothame said two were granted R20 000 bail each with stringent conditions attached. Mamothame said the conditions includes them surrendering their travel documents to the state, not interfering with the state witnesses, reporting to their respective police stations every Friday between 8am and 4pm, and they were prohibited from disposing of their immovable properties.
“Patrick Mshothola, who acted as Project Manager on various projects within the Chief Directorate Special Operations (CDSO) of the then State Security Agency (SSA), together with his co-accused, Thulani Dlomo who held the position of Deputy Director: Counterintelligence within the SSA, are being charged on allegations of theft, fraud, forgery and uttering,” he said.
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