South African intelligence service decorations
An overview of South African intelligence service decorations and medals, which form part of the South African honours system.The National Intelligence Service was established in 1963 as Republican Intelligence, a branch of the South African Police. It became a separate service, the Bureau for State Security, in 1968, and was renamed the Directorate of National Security in 1979 and the National Intelligence Service in 1980.
A series of decorations and medals was instituted for the NIS in 1981. It was enlarged in 1987 and 1990.
The NIS was superseded in 1994 by the National Intelligence Agency and the South African Secret Service.A new series of decorations and medals was instituted in 2005 for members of the National Intelligence Agency and the South African Secret Service :
