State Security Agency
The State Security Agency (SSA; German for example: " State Security Agency ") is the authority of the Republic of South Africa for non-military intelligence services . It was founded in October 2009 and brings together several previous intelligence services.
Structure and tasks
The SSA is based in the Musanda Complex in Pretoria and comprises the following six subdivisions:
- Domestic Branch (for example: "Inlandsabteilung"), formerly the National Intelligence Agency , in which in 1994 the intelligence services of the African National Congress and Pan Africanist Congress as well as several homelands were also absorbed, domestic intelligence service
- Foreign Branch (about: "Foreign Department"), formerly South African Secret Service, Foreign Intelligence Service
- South African National Academy of Intelligence (SANAI, for example: "South African National Academy of Intelligence"), founded in 2003 in Mafikeng , training center
- Office for Interception Centers (OIC, for example: "Office for Monitoring Centers ")
- Electronic Communications Security (Pty) Ltd. (formerly COMSEC), is supposed to guarantee the informational security of communication within the state organs
- National Communications Center, responsible for general surveillance, such as wiretapping
The Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT, for example: " Computer Security Intervention Team ") serves primarily to secure the computer systems of the state organs.
The tasks of the SSA are the fight against terrorism, sabotage, subversion, espionage and organized crime. The legal basis is, among others, the Intelligence Services Act 65 of 2002. It was founded on the basis of Presidential Proclamation No R 59 of 2009.
The SSA is headed by a Director-General ("General Director") and is subordinate to the Ministry of State Security (for example: "Ministry for State Security"). In 2015/2016 the budget was around 4.3 billion rand .
Coordination of the intelligence services
The National Intelligence Co-ordinating Committee (NICOC; for example: " National Intelligence Co-ordinating Committee ") formed in 1994 coordinates all South African intelligence services.
In addition to the Director-General of the SSA, the NICOC includes the following officers:
- Coordinator of Intelligence as chairman of the committee
- Director of the National Intelligence Agency
- Director of the South African Secret Service
- Head of Crime Intelligence , a division of the South African Police Service
- Chief of the South African National Defense Force Intelligence Division
Control bodies
The Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence (OIGI; for example: " Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Services") oversees the State Security Agency. After the Inspector-General of Intelligence resigned in 2015 , he was not replaced.
The SSA's parliamentary oversight body, the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence (JSCI), consists of members of the six largest parliamentary groups in the National Assembly .
history
Head of SSA:
- 2009-2011: Mzuvukile Jeff Maqetuka
- 2011–2013: Dennis Thokozani Dlomo (acting)
- 2013–2016: Sonto Kudjoe
- 2016–2018: Arthur Fraser
- since 2018: Loviso Jafta
In June 2016 it became known that the forerunners of the SSA had placed an agent in a high position in the Lonmin group who was involved in the bloody miners' strike in 2012 . The agent promoted the formation of a union at state expense to compete with the striking Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union and deliberately refused to negotiate to resolve the conflict. SSA General Director Sonto Kudjoe resigned in August 2016.
Web links
- Official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Address list of the SSA at gov.za (English), accessed on August 19, 2016
- ↑ a b Self-description of the SSA (English), accessed on August 19, 2016
- ↑ CSIRT at ssa.gov.za (English), accessed on August 19, 2016
- ↑ a b c Legislation and Oversight at ssa.gov.za (English), accessed on August 19, 2016
- ↑ Budget of the Ministry of Finance (PDF), accessed on August 18, 2016
- ↑ NICOC at globalsecurity.org (English), accessed on August 19, 2016
- ^ South Africa has a new spy boss. heraldlive.co.za on September 26, 2016, accessed September 27, 2016
- ^ State Security Agency boss Fraser moved to correctional services department. ewn.co.za on April 17, 2018, accessed October 21, 2019
- ^ Spy boss quits SSA. news24.com from August 19, 2016
- ^ Shadow play state security Marikana and a bogus union. Daily Maverick, June 2, 2016, accessed August 19, 2016