While the Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence (OIGI) is yet to be established as an independent entity, the ad hoc committee for the General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill (GILAB) will legislate for greater autonomy for the OIGI.
The ad hoc committee is still grappling with one of the most controversial aspects of GILAB – that it would grant the intelligence services the power to vet almost anyone.
GILAB is meant to address the failings of the SSA during the excesses of the Zuma era, as highlighted by the High Level Review Panel, chaired by former minister Sydney Mufamadi, which found the SSA had "become a parallel intelligence structure serving a faction of the ruling party and, in particular, the personal political interests of the sitting president of the party and country".