Evidence provided by a State Security Agency official, from an investigation into industrial-scale looting of the agency, sketched how former president Jacob Zuma and his allies set about creating a shadow state even before 2009, when he took office.
From at least 2008, "Zuma's spy", Thulani Dlomo, had floated the idea of an exclusive Presidential Security Support Service dedicated solely to intelligence collection "to protect President Jacob Zuma when he came to power", the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into State Capture heard on Wednesday.
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