As such, the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) found easy meat at its sister security organ (DCEC) with allegations of political interference a commonplace. Fresh allegations of the interfering hand of the DIS have surfaced at the DCEC headquarters after extemporaneous transfer of Tshepo Pilane, the director of intelligence at the DCEC, stoking a controversy. Pilane has been leading a robust team of intelligence officers who provided the requisite backup to the Directorate’s normal investigators, who have been wreaking havoc with allegations that they are pursuing delinquent and dreaded DIS operatives including the DIS DG Peter Magosi.
Top DIS operatives have been implicated in allegations of sleaze. In the past, the DIS led by the founding director general had declared the DCEC headquarters a targeted place in an endeavour to break up some of the ‘unwanted’ investigations against the late Isaac Kgosi himself, who was most feared at the time. Considering that at some stage Kgosi had officially declared that he doesn’t report to anyone, the DCEC’s investigations on allegations of corruption and money laundering were a wake up call. In one incident, Kgosi did the unthinkable by recruiting one of the DCEC investigators investigating his case by offering him an attractive package that left him with no choice at all. These are but some of the underhand tactics dreadfully employed by the DIS head honchos as they try to counter the activities of the DCEC. Pilane has his own story and experience with the DIS to share. The man does not seem to fear anything and is likely to reveal a lot of State secrets especially on what could have influenced his transfer out of a powerful unit that he heads. His team has been providing counter intelligence to the work of the DIS and how the DCEC investigators conduct their business and all that. The DCEC sleuths that he leads have already opened a war against the DIS operatives.
