The Inspector-General of Intelligence's office has confirmed it has received a complaint from ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule that his phone has been tapped by the state. During the ANC’s Freedom Day Celebrations in the Free State last week Magashule claimed phones belonging to him and his deputy Jessie Duarte were bugged, accusing the state of being involved, notes a News24 report. Inspector-General Dr Setlhomamaru Dintwe said his office needed to determine whether it would be able to probe the claims and is conducting a preliminary investigation to establish and clarify the facts. ‘The first issue is to check whether the matter falls within our mandate and the second issue is to determine whether we will continue with the investigation,’ he said. Dintwe said the office was only mandated to investigate issues that involved three intelligence services – the State Security Agency, the police's crime intelligence division and the defence intelligence of the SANDF.