A police whistleblower doesn't want the State Security Agency (SSA) to conduct a threat assessment on her because it is implicated in the alleged police corruption she exposed.
Patricia Mashale, a former senior administrative clerk at the Free State firearms, liquor and second-hand goods control department, blew the whistle on corruption in the SA Police Service, and her allegations implicated senior management officials.
She has since been dismissed and has been in hiding since February.
On Wednesday, she and human rights advocate Mary de Haas appeared before the Portfolio Committee on Police. The committee sat virtually to hear the police's response to the allegations because Mashale was too scared to attend in person.
But Mashale and De Haas did not get to do a presentation because committee chairperson Tina Joemat-Pettersson said the committee needed to receive their documentation in the correct format. Joemat-Pettersson said the committee secretary would work with Mashale and De Haas to ensure that they submit new documentation.
She also asked national police commissioner Fannie Masemola to carry out a risk assessment on Mashale.
Masemola said the police...
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