National Intelligence Co-ordinating Committee
The National Intelligence Co-ordinating Committee is the organisation responsible for co-ordinating the actions and activities of all of South African intelligence agencies, and collating the intelligence information received from them. It reports to Cabinet level via the Minister of [State Security (South Africa)|Minister of State Security], and is similar to the British Joint [Intelligence Committee (UK)|Joint Intelligence Committee].
Role of the Committee
The functions of the National Intelligence Co-ordinating Committee, as outlined in the document in 2008 by the Ministerial Review Commission on Intelligence, are to:- Co-ordinate the intelligence collected by the South African intelligence services;
- Interpret the intelligence collected to identify and detect threats to South African national security;
- co-ordinate and prioritise intelligence activities within the national intelligence structures;
- prepare and interpret intelligence estimates;
- make recommendations to Cabinet on intelligence priorities.
Committee Structure
The South African General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill, 2011, sets out the structure of NICOC as:- The Co-ordinator for Intelligence.
- The Director-General of the State Security Agency.
- The Director or Head of the domestic intelligence division known previously as the National Intelligence Agency.
- The Director or Head of the foreign intelligence division known previously as the South African Secret Service.
- The Head of the Crime Intelligence Division of the South African Police Service.
- The Chief of the South African National Defence Force Intelligence Division.
- The Director of the Financial Intelligence Centre.
Current status
On 3 September 2014, State Security Minister David Mahlobo announced that the Head of the National Intelligence Co-ordinating Committee Dennis Dlomo, appointed to the role in 2013, has been “redeployed” to the Department of International Relations and Cooperation.Co-ordinators for Intelligence
The following people have held the position of Co-ordinator since the restructure of the South African intelligence services in 1994:- 1995 – 1996 Mo Shaik
- 1996 – 2001 Linda Mti
- 2001 – 2005 Jeff Maqetuka
- 2005 – 2007 Barry Gilder
- 2007 – ???? Silumko Sokupa.
- 2013 – 2014 Dennis Dlomo
- 2015 - 2016 Dr Clinton Swemmer
- 2016 - 2017 Dr Mike Masiapato
- 2017 - to date Ambassador Gab Msimang