National Intelligence Agency (South Africa)

State Security Agency - Domestic Branch
National Intelligence Agency
List
  • 10 other official names:
  • Nasionale Intelligensie Agentskap (Afrikaans)
  • IPhiko leliZweloke lobuHloli (Southern Ndebele)
  • I-Arhente yezoBuntlola beLizwe (Xhosa)
  • uPhiko lukaZwelonke lwezoBunhloli (Zulu)
  • Luphiko lweTebunhloli lwaVelonkhe (Swazi)
  • Tirelo ya Bosetshaba ya Bohlodi (Northern Sotho)
  • Lekala la Bohlwela la Naha (Sotho)
  • Lekgotla la Botlhodi la Bosetshaba (Tswana)
  • Ejensi ya Vunhlori bya Tiko (Tsonga)
  • Dzhendedzi la Vhusevhi la Lushaka (Venda)
Agency overview
FormedJanuary 1, 1994 (1994-01-01)[1]
Preceding Agency
Dissolved2009
Superseding agency
HeadquartersMusanda, Pretoria, South Africa
28°18′24″S 25°51′02″E / 28.30667°S 25.85056°E / -28.30667; 25.85056
EmployeesClassified
2,500 estimated
Annual budgetClassified
Ministers responsible
  • Ayanda Dlodlo
  • Zizi Kodwa
Agency executive
  • Mahlodi Muofhe
Parent AgencyState Security Agency
Websitewww.ssa.gov.za

The National Intelligence Agency (NIA) was the previous name of an intelligence agency of the South African government. Currently it is known as the Domestic Branch of the State Security Agency. It is responsible for domestic and counter-intelligence within the Republic of South Africa. The branch is run by a Director, who reports to the Director-General of the State Security Agency. The Director is also a member of the National Intelligence Co-Ordinating Committee (NICOC).

  1. ^ "History of the NIA". South African Government. Archived from the original on 18 May 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2011.

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