OPINIONISTA: What a National Security Council means for SA’s international relations trajectory By Oscar Van Heerden Oscarknysna
A National Security Council is not a new concept. Both PW Botha and Thabo Mbeki had a National Security Council at their disposal. President Jacob Zuma had other plans. He did not make use of such a council and was responsible for amalgamating the intelligence services under one umbrella named the State Security Agency.
The impending threat from the lumpenproletariat who cannot find jobs and sit idle, as well as the ever-increasing school drop-outs;What the capacity of the security forces is to combat impending threats in defence of the country. The country requires an intelligence estimate on the African Union and our hegemony within the organisation, which has been eroded in recent years;China as a competitor in Africa, which also relates to food security, climate and environmental concerns, arable land security and water resource scarcity;
First, the council will require a permanent secretariat in order to not only manage day-to-day administrative matters, but more importantly, the co-ordination the president so desperately needs. When analysing some global powers and what they are preoccupied with in relation to national security issues, they talk of “from the sea floor to space”.
Each incoming member should take a polygraph test and recruit graduates in needed fields of operations. Transform the entire Intelligence Academy and its focus; it cannot only be about statecraft and practical skills. It must also have a healthy dose of philosophy, humanities and the arts. We require an all-round intelligence officer.
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