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Speaker 1: Let's go to the Madlanga Commission now, where an intelligence coordinator has taken the stand. There was some debate about whether or not Dr. Ntandazo Sifolo would take the stand, give evidence in camera or not. Three media houses had argued that these restrictive measures were not necessary. Tolo Toku, EWN reporter, is on that story for us. Tolo, good afternoon to you. Thanks for your time. Tell us about the evidence of the intelligence coordinator.
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Speaker 2: Good afternoon, Mandy. Thank you so much for having me. So, Acting Intelligence Coordinator for the National Intelligence and Coordinating Committee, that is Dr. Ndanda Zosifolo, really began his testimony about advocating for a balance between media freedom, transparency, and national security. So, he says that journalists must protect the public's right to know information. However, his caution that handling classified intelligence is also crucial. Now, NICOC, which.
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Speaker 2: Act Intelligence Coordinator, Dr. Sifolo, is in position of, coordinates intelligence from different security structures. So what they do essentially, Mandy, is that there will be several bodies that will be giving them information. Once NICOC has that information, then they will draw and they will make analysis and draw up a report on what should be done going forward. Now, just take a listen to Dr. Sifolo explain some of the processes within the intelligence structures.
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Speaker 3: So first you must have coordinated the intelligence that has been supplied by the members. And then you must have gone through the mechanics of interpreting weighing probabilities, possibilities and facts that are disclosed there to assess the national security environment. And then you make the national intelligence estimate. So once you have given the picture then the national intelligence priority serves as a what-to-be-done question. That now, in order for us to respond to the picture that is painted by the estimate, we need to have national intelligence priorities that we are going to operationalize in our intelligence environment in order to arrest any possible threats that have been provided in the estimate.