‘Fingers point to Keetshabe in DIS, DCEC clash’

Justices Isaac Lesetedi, Baaitse Nkabinde and Edwin Cameron said the AG (who at the time of the clash between the two organs was Abraham Keetshabe), acted nonchalantly to provide legal direction between the DIS and the DCEC to avoid escalation of the matter. The AG, representing the DIS, had approached the apex court seeking to overturn a High Court decision that made orders to protect the DCEC from the DIS invasion. This was because in 2022, the DCEC offices were raided and barricaded by the DIS while its then Director General (DG), Tymon Katlholo, was outside the country on official duty. The impasse between the two and its DG had allegedly been brewing for a while with allegations of the DIS fearing investigations carried against its officers and its DG, Peter Magosi by, the DCEC. The takeover of the DCEC offices by the DIS raised many questions about the mandate of the two organs, especially the conduct of the DIS and whether it was above the law.