techniques. On 2 October 1995, Muziwendoda Mdluli, NIA chief of security, was found dead in his car in Pretoria from a gunshot wound to his head that would shock the organisation. A pathologist at the inquest would later claim that the suicide shooting was unusual as the victim had shot himself in the forehead and not the right temple. From the documents left at home he may have been investigating apartheid police hit-squads and gun-running to Rwanda. The police investigation went nowhere and an unhappy NIA conducted its own investigation of possible third force involvement with claims later that it had conducted wiretap surveillance on Police Commissioner George Fivaz and other senior policemen further degrading the relationship. Sigxashe found himself in the news in October 1995 when police were called to his home after it was claimed that he had drawn a pistol on his wife and family. The NIA denied the pistol claim and later said that the police had leaked the allegation to the press resulting in tension between the two organisations. In 1997, during its move to a new office, centralizing many offices under a single headquarters, it had vehicles and computer equipment stolen with the thieves never found nor brought to justice. In January 1997, the NIA had been instructed by Deputy Intelligence Minister Joe Nhlanhla to do an audit of its service files to determine if any were missing and whether any current personnel were in possession of files or if they had been destroyed as these may be required by Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). Sigxashe was replaced by Vusi Mavimbela in October 1999. He would be appointed as a special advisor to Security Minister Joe Nhlanhla. In 2003, he was one of three former intelligence operatives who advised the Minister of Intelligence Lindiwe Sisulu on conditions of employment in the intelligence community. Vusi Mavimbela Vusi Mavimbela was appointed as the new Director-General of the NIA on 20 October 1999 replacing Sizakele Sigxashe. Prior to 1994, he was a member of the ANC's Department of Intelligence and Security (DIS) and previously to the new appointment, was Deputy Director-General of the NIA from 1995-97. In his opening address to his new organization, he highlight his aims which included strengthening the NIA deficiencies when it came to discipline and accountability in its corporate culture. Joe Nhlanhla, Minister of Intelligence Services, would also say at the same