South African National Academy of Intelligence
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The South African National Academy of Intelligence (SANAI) is responsible for training the members of the South Africa
n intelligence services and agencies
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SANAI was established in February 2003 and comprises an academic faculty, an intelligence research institute as well as an education, training and development support component. The campus
of SANAI is located in the town of Mafikeng
. This campus was previously owned by the former Bophuthatswana
Intelligence Service, which was one of the then statutory services amalgamated into the National Intelligence Agency and the South African Secret Service
in 1995.
The current (as of 2006) principal of the Academy is Mr. Mphakama Mbete.
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...
n intelligence services and agencies
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...
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SANAI was established in February 2003 and comprises an academic faculty, an intelligence research institute as well as an education, training and development support component. The campus
Campus
A campus is traditionally the land on which a college or university and related institutional buildings are situated. Usually a campus includes libraries, lecture halls, residence halls and park-like settings...
of SANAI is located in the town of Mafikeng
Mafikeng
Mahikeng – formerly legally, but still commonly known as Mafikeng – is the capital city of the North-West Province of South Africa. It is best known internationally for the Siege of Mafeking, the most famous engagement of the Second Boer War.Located on South Africa's border with Botswana, it is ...
. This campus was previously owned by the former Bophuthatswana
Bophuthatswana
Bophuthatswana , officially the Republic of Bophuthatswana was a Bantustan – an area set aside for members of a specific ethnicity – and nominal parliamentary democracy in the northwestern region of South Africa...
Intelligence Service, which was one of the then statutory services amalgamated into the National Intelligence Agency and the South African Secret Service
South African Secret Service
The 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...
in 1995.
The current (as of 2006) principal of the Academy is Mr. Mphakama Mbete.