National Intelligence Co-ordinating Committee

Role of the Committee

• 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 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.

  Current status

Co-ordinators for Intelligence

• 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