Order of the Star of South Africa

Order of the Star of South Africa
Type	Military and Civil National Order
Awarded for	Meritorious service
Country	South Africa
Presented by	the State President and, from 1994, the President
Eligibility	Military: General and flag officers. Non-Military: Civilians, senior police, prisons and intelligence officers, foreign military attachés
Post-nominals	SSA, SSAS, CSSA, OSSA, MSSA
Status	Discontinued in 2002
Established	1 July 1975
Gold (SSA) and Silver (SSAS) Grand Cross (SSA) and Grand Officer (SSAS) Commander (CSSA), Officer (OSSA) and Member (MSSA) Ribbon bars of the Decorations of the Order
Pre-1994 & post-2002 orders of precedence
Next (higher)	Pre-1994 precedence: Order of the Southern Cross Post-2002 precedence: Order of the Southern Cross
Next (lower)	Pre-1994 succession: Order for Meritorious Service Post-2002 succession: Order of the Leopard

The Order of the Star of South Africa was a South African National Order that consisted of seven decorations in two military and five non-military classes. The order was discontinued on 2 December 2002.^[1]