TRC Final Report

Volume 5

Chapter 8

Subsection 17

■ SECURITY FORCES

Intelligence services

62 The Commission had little success in its efforts to access the archives of the former National Intelligence Service. It is therefore the recommendation of the Commission that:

A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS BY INDEPENDENT RESEARCHERS BE UNDERTAKEN INTO BOTH THE SCOPE AND CONTENT OF THE REMAINING ARCHIVAL HOLDINGS OF THE INTELLIGENCE SERVICES OF ALL DIVISIONS OF THE SECURITY FORCES.

ONCE SUCH AN ANALYSIS HAS BEEN COMPLETED, THESE DOCUMENTS BE SUBJECTED TO THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF SOUTH AFRICA ACT NO 43 OF 1996 (THE ARCHIVES ACT) AND BE TRANSFERRED TO THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES.

THESE STRUCTURES BE REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN ANNUAL REPORT TO PARLIAMENT REGARDING THEIR ACTIVITIES.

ALL EXPENDITURE BY THESE SERVICES BE SUBJECT TO REGULAR AUDITS BY THE AUDITOR GENERAL.

THE MINISTERS TASKED WITH THE OVERSIGHT OF THE RESPECTIVE INTELLIGENCE SERVICES ALSO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THAT ALL GATHERING OF INTELLIGENCE IS DONE IN TERMS OF THE ACT GOVERNING SUCH ACTIVITIES, AND THAT NO INTELLIGENCE-GATHERING IN RELATION TO LEGITIMATE POLITICAL ACTIVITY BE TOLERATED.

THAT THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE (NICOC) ENSURE THAT ALL INTELLIGENCE IS SHARED OPENLY AND THOROUGHLY BETWEEN THE RESPECTIVE DIVISIONS OF THE SECURITY FORCES.

THAT ALL MANUALS USED BY THE SECURITY FORCES BE REVIEWED AND ALTERED TO CONFORM TO THE NEW CONSTITUTION.