State Security Council

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government body national security council

The State Security Council was a powerful apartheid-era South African government body that coordinated national security policy and oversaw the implementation of repressive internal and regional security measures.

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Label	Occurrences
State Security Council canonical	2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government body ⓘ national security council ⓘ
abolishedInContextOf	transition to democracy in South Africa ⓘ
appliedInPeriod	apartheid era ⓘ
characteristic	powerful ⓘ repressive ⓘ secretive ⓘ
country	South Africa ⓘ
hasMember	Chief of the South African Defence Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Commissioner of the South African Police NERFINISHED ⓘ Minister of Defence ⓘ Minister of Foreign Affairs ⓘ Minister of Justice ⓘ Minister of Law and Order ⓘ heads of intelligence services ⓘ
headedBy	Prime Minister of South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ State President of South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
ideology	anti‑communism ⓘ apartheid ⓘ
implementedPolicy	counterinsurgency policy ⓘ internal repression policy ⓘ regional destabilisation policy ⓘ state security policy ⓘ
involvedIn	covert operations ⓘ propaganda campaigns ⓘ psychological warfare ⓘ regional military operations ⓘ suppression of anti‑apartheid movements ⓘ
jurisdiction	Republic of South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Pretoria NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	centralisation of security decision‑making ⓘ integration of military, police and intelligence strategies ⓘ
oversaw	South African Defence Force NERFINISHED ⓘ South African Police NERFINISHED ⓘ security branches of the civil service ⓘ
partOf	Government of South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedBy	more conventional cabinet‑based security structures ⓘ
reportedTo	Prime Minister of South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ State President of South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
role	coordinating national security policy ⓘ counterinsurgency coordination ⓘ overseeing internal security measures ⓘ overseeing regional security measures ⓘ strategic decision‑making on security ⓘ
subordinateTo	Cabinet of South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	1980s ⓘ late 1970s ⓘ
usedInstrument	Joint Management Centres NERFINISHED ⓘ National Security Management System NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Total Strategy security doctrine → implementedBy → State Security Council ⓘ

Total Strategy security doctrine → coordinatedThrough → State Security Council ⓘ