Arthur Fraser’s threats to spill state secrets a desperate move by a desperate man
21 July 2020
Former Director-General of the State Security Agency (SSA), Arthur Fraser’s threats to spill secrets about Presidents, Judges and Parliamentarians at the Zondo Commission of Inquiry is nothing more than an attempt at grandstanding by a man already implicated in a range of corruption and treason allegations.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has in the past opened two criminal cases against Fraser and aim to see justice done:
9 April 2008: The DA laid charges at the Durban Central Police Station after three independent sources cited Fraser as the person who used his position as SSA DG to pass the “Spy Tapes” on to former President Jacob Zuma’s legal team. We charged him with illegally distributing intercepted communications. The tapes, of course, cleared the way for Zuma to become the President of South Africa a scant month later.
14 November 2017: The DA laid charges at the Cape Town Central Police Station shortly after Jacques Pauw’s book The President's Keepers, was published. In it, Mr Pauw implicated Fraser in widespread corruption at the SSA between 2007 and 2009. He allegedly established the Principle Agent Network (PAN) project by copying the signature of then Minister of Intelligence, Ronnie Kasrils, and also used PAN to benefit several of his relatives.