The State Security Agency (SSA) is a national department under the national government of South Africa.
The State Security Agency (SSA) is mandated to provide the government with intelligence on domestic and foreign threats or potential threats to national stability, the constitutional order, and the safety and well-being of our people.
This allows the government to implement policies to deal with potential threats and better understand existing threats, and, thus, improve their policies.
Among the areas of focus of the State Security Agency are the following matters of national interest:
- Terrorism, which refers to deliberate and premeditated attempts to create terror through symbolic acts involving the use or threat of lethal force for creating psychological effects that will influence a target group or individual and translate into political or material results
- Sabotage, which refers to activities or purposeful omissions conducted or planned for the purpose of endangering the safety, security or defence of vital public or private property, such as installations, structures, equipment or systems
- Subversion, which includes activities directed towards undermining by covert unlawful acts, or directed towards, or intended ultimately to lead to the destruction or overthrow by violence of, the constitutionally established systems of government in South Africa
- Espionage, which refers to unlawful or unauthorised activities conducted for acquiring information or assets relating to sensitive social, political, economic, scientific or military matters in South Africa, or for their unauthorised communication to a foreign state
- Organised crime, which includes analysis of the origins and reasons behind organised crime, the identification of key role-players, the nature and extent, as well as the modus operandi, of organised crime syndicates
Office Bearers/Management
Minister
- Ms Khumbudzo Phophi Silence Ntshavheni (Minister in The Presidency) (ANC)
Director General
- Amb Nozuko Bam (Acting)
Chief of Staff
- Ms Humbelani Tshikalange (Ministry)
Chief Financial Officer
- Mr Abraham Marotholi
Senior Management
- Ms Louisa Seriteng Mohlamme (Head of Office: Director General)
Communications Officers
- Mr Emmanuel Masha (Parliament and Cabinet Liaison Officer)
- Mr Sipho Mbele (Ministry’s Spokesperson)
Secretaries
- Ms Dudu Thwala (Admin Officer)
- Mr Didimallo Vollenhoven (Private Secretary: Minister)
Contact Details
The contact details of the State Security Agency (SSA) are listed in the table below.
| Physical Address: | Musanda Complex, Delmas Road, Pretoria |
| Postal Address: | P.O. Box 1037, Menlyn, 0077 |
| Telephone: | 012 427 4000 |
| Email: | dg@ssa.gov.za |
| Website: | www.ssa.gov.za |
