Category: BfSS NIS

INTELLIGENCE COURSE WITH BND 1979

INTELLIGENCE COURSE WITH BND 1979

Apr 17, 2025 | , , , | 0

uring the Cold War, the Republic of South Africa had a cooperative relationship with Western countries in the spheres of security and intelligence. Information was exchanged, and cooperation included training exchanges. One such course took place in 1979 in Munich, Germany, presented to analysts of the S.A. intelligence service by the BND (the Bundesnachrichtendienst – the intelligence service of the West-Germany). This article recounts the memories of a South African participant.

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THE BUREAU FOR STATE SECURITY AS SOUTH AFRICA’S FIRST CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE ORGAN

Apr 6, 2025 | , , , , , , | 0

South Africa’s Bureau for State Security BfSS, founded in 1969, was its first central intelligence agency and though it supposedly was closed down and replaced by the National Intelligence Service NIS under premier PW Botha, in essence the NIS was just a continuation of the BfSS under another name, building on the foundation laid under the aegis of the Bureau.

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Dr LD (NIëL) BARNARD – AN APPRECIATION

Dr LD (NIëL) BARNARD – AN APPRECIATION

Feb 7, 2025 | , , , , , , , , | 0 |

Appreciation of the contribution made by the late Dr Niël Barnard, former head of South Africa’s then National Intelligence Service, to the peaceful transition to a negotiated non-racial new constitution.

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