National Intelligence Co-Ordinating Committee
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The National Intelligence Co-ordinating Committee (NICOC) is the organisation responsible for co-ordinating the actions and activities of all of South Africa
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, and collating the intelligence information received from them. It reports to Cabinet level, and is similar to the British
Joint Intelligence Committee.
The Committee consists of the following:
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
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Intelligence agency
An intelligence agency is a governmental agency that is devoted to information gathering for purposes of national security and defence. Means of information gathering may include espionage, communication interception, cryptanalysis, cooperation with other institutions, and evaluation of public...
, and collating the intelligence information received from them. It reports to Cabinet level, and is similar to the British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
Joint Intelligence Committee.
The Committee consists of the following:
- The Co-ordinator for Intelligence.
- The Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency.
- The Chief of the South African National Defence Force Intelligence DivisionSouth African National Defence Force Intelligence DivisionSouth African National Defence Force Intelligence Division is the primary military intelligence agency of South Africa which came into being on April 27, 1994...
. - The head of the Crime Intelligence DivisionCrime Intelligence (SAPS)The Crime Intelligence Division of the South African Police Service is an intelligence agency that tracks criminal elements within the Republic of South Africa...
of the South African Police ServiceSouth African Police ServiceThe South African Police Service is the national police force of the Republic of South Africa. Its 1116 police stations in South Africa are divided according to the provincial borders, and a Provincial Commissioner is appointed in each province...
. - The Director-General of the South African Secret ServiceSouth African Secret ServiceThe South African Secret Service is a South African intelligence agency. It is responsible for all non-military foreign intelligence and for counterintelligence within the Service itself. It is also responsible for gathering, correlating, evaluating and analyzing this intelligence...
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