After that, from 2014 to 2019, she served in the National Assembly, where she was chairperson of Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises until President Jacob Zuma appointed her as a deputy minister in 2017.
Letsatsi-Duba was born on 25 September 1965[citation needed] in Katlehong, a township east of Johannesburg in the former Transvaal Province.
[1] In 1982, aged 18, she went into exile with the outlawed African National Congress (ANC), joining the party's military wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe.
She was asked in particular about her refusal to launch – as suggested by opposition politician Natasha Mazzone – a committee inquiry into the Gupta family's contracts with state-owned entities.
[13] Just after midnight on 31 March 2017, President Jacob Zuma announced a cabinet reshuffle which saw Letsatsi-Duba named as Deputy Minister of Public Service and Administration.
[17] After taking office, Letsatsi-Duba said that her major priority would be a "clean-up" of the State Security Agency, including a skills audit and investigations into alleged financial mismanagement.
[1] In addition, in June, Ramaphosa appointed a high-level review panel, chaired by Sydney Mufamadi, to assess the agency's mandate, capacity, and integrity.
[19] In May 2019, the Sunday Independent published a front-page exposé that alleged that Letsatsi-Duba had lived a "double life" as a spy for the State Security Agency.
[20] According to anonymous sources of journalists Piet Rampedi and Mzilikazi wa Afrika, Letsatsi-Duba had been an asset of the agency between 2005 and March 2017, when former State Security Minister David Mahlobo allegedly terminated her contract.
In March 2020, the Sunday Times reported that her deployment was delayed because she had been denied the requisite security clearance due to undisclosed commercial and financial interests.