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South African Intelligence Service Decorations
An overview of South African intelligence service decorations and medals, which form part of the South African honours system. National Intelligence Service The National Intelligence Service was established in 1963 as Republican Intelligence, a branch of the South African Police. It became a separate service, the South African Bureau of State Security, Bureau for State Security, in 1968, and was renamed the Directorate of National Security in 1979 and the National Intelligence Service (South Africa), 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. * Decorations ** NIS Decoration for Distinguished Leadership (ED) (1981–94) ** NIS Cross for Valour (CV) (1981–94) ** NIS Decoration for Outstanding Leadership (OD) (1981–94) ** NIS Civil Decoration (1981–94) ** NIS Decoration (1981–94) ** NIS Medal for Distinguished Service (1981–94) ** NIS Civil Medal (1990–94) * Long se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Ocean; to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini; and it encloses Lesotho. Covering an area of , the country has Demographics of South Africa, a population of over 64 million people. Pretoria is the administrative capital, while Cape Town, as the seat of Parliament of South Africa, Parliament, is the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein is regarded as the judicial capital. The largest, most populous city is Johannesburg, followed by Cape Town and Durban. Cradle of Humankind, Archaeological findings suggest that various hominid species existed in South Africa about 2.5 million years ago, and modern humans inhabited the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Intelligence Agency (South Africa)
The National Intelligence Agency (NIA) was the previous name of an intelligence agency of the South African government. Currently it is known as the Domestic Branch of the State Security Agency. It is responsible for domestic and counter-intelligence within the Republic of South Africa. The branch is run by a Director, who reports to the Director-General of the State Security Agency. The Director is also a member of the National Intelligence Co-Ordinating Committee (NICOC). Origins The NIA was formed in 1994, the same year South Africa's first multi-racial elections were held. It was created to take over from the domestic intelligence segment of the then National Intelligence Service (NIS) with the foreign intelligence functions being taken over by the South African Secret Service (SASS). Both the SASS and NIA were created as part of the Intelligence Act of 1994. They were created out of the six intelligence organisations consisted of the NIS, Department of Intelligence and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orders, Decorations, And Medals Of South Africa
South African orders, decorations and medals are those military and civilian orders, decorations and medals issued by the Government of South Africa. The following is a (non-exhaustive) list of these: Historical orders, decorations and medals Military Civilian Union of South Africa The Union of South Africa was formed in 1910, as a self-governing Dominion in the British Empire. A medal was issued to commemorate the event. As a Dominion, the Union came under the British honours system, and South Africans featured in the semi-annual British honours lists. South Africans also received British civilian decorations for bravery. The nationalist government stopped the conferment of titles and orders in 1925, and discontinued nominations for bravery awards after the Union's independence was recognised in 1931. It established its own bravery awards a few years later. The Union's civil honours thus consisted of: * Decoration ** King's/Queen's Medal for Bravery (1939–61) * Comme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South African Prisons Decorations
An overview of South African prisons service decorations and medals, which form part of the South African honours system. Prisons Department 1922-1968 The Prisons Department was established in 1911. It was a civil service department, with uniformed warders. In 1955, the department adopted military ranks, and in 1959 its uniformed branch was named the South African Prisons Service. The department had only one medal: * Long service medal ** Faithful Service Medal of the Prisons Department (192268). Until 1952, it was incorporated into the British honours system, as used in South Africa. Thereafter, it was part of the new South African honours system. South African Prisons Service (1968-1980) After South Africa became a republic (in 1961), the government established new decorations and medals for the various services. A series of three was instituted for the SA Prisons Service in 1968: Decorations * * Long service medal * Department of Correctional Services ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South African Orders And Decorations
South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both west and east. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz'' ("south"), possibly related to the same Proto-Indo-European root that the word ''sun'' derived from. Some languages describe south in the same way, from the fact that it is the direction of the sun at noon (in the Northern Hemisphere), like Latin meridies 'noon, south' (from medius 'middle' + dies 'day', ), while others describe south as the right-hand side of the rising sun, like Biblical Hebrew תֵּימָן teiman 'south' from יָמִין yamin 'right', Aramaic תַּימנַא taymna from יָמִין yamin 'right' and Syriac ܬܰܝܡܢܳܐ taymna from ܝܰܡܝܺܢܳܐ yamina (hence the name of Yemen, the land to the south/right of the Levant). South is sometimes abbreviated as S. Navigation By convention, the ''bottom or down-f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South African Military Decorations
An overview of South African military decorations and medals, which form part of the South African orders and decorations, South African honours system. Colonial forces 1894–1913 The colonial military forces received British honours system, British military decorations in wartime. From 1894, the colonial governments awarded medals for distinguished conduct and for long service. This was the general practice in the British Empire at that time. The colonial medals were: * Decorations ** Volunteer Officers' Decoration#Colonial version, Volunteer Officers' Decoration (VD) (18941901) ** Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration (VD) (190013) ** Distinguished Conduct Medal (18941913) ** Distinguished Conduct Medal (Natal) 18941913) ** Distinguished Conduct Medal (Cape of Good Hope) (18941913) ** Distinguished Conduct Medal (Transvaal) (19021913) * Campaign medals ** Cape of Good Hope General Service Medal (1900) ** Natal Native Rebellion Medal (1907) * Long service medals ** Mer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South African Civil Honours
South African orders, decorations and medals are those military and civilian orders, decorations and medals issued by the Government of South Africa. The following is a (non-exhaustive) list of these: Historical orders, decorations and medals Military Civilian Union of South Africa The Union of South Africa was formed in 1910, as a self-governing Dominion in the British Empire. A medal was issued to commemorate the event. As a Dominion, the Union came under the British honours system, and South Africans featured in the semi-annual British honours lists. South Africans also received British civilian decorations for bravery. The nationalist government stopped the conferment of titles and orders in 1925, and discontinued nominations for bravery awards after the Union's independence was recognised in 1931. It established its own bravery awards a few years later. The Union's civil honours thus consisted of: * Decoration ** King's/Queen's Medal for Bravery (1939–61) * Comme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British And Commonwealth Orders And Decorations
Orders of Commonwealth countries. Awards are listed by order of wear. Antigua and Barbuda * Order of the National Hero * Order of the Nation * Order of Merit * Order of Princely Heritage Australia * Order of Australia The Bahamas * Order of the National Hero * Order of the Nation * Order of The Bahamas * Order of Excellence * Order of Distinction * Order of Merit * Order of Lignum Vitae Belize * Order of the National Hero * Order of Belize * Order of Distinction Canada * Order of Canada * Order of Military Merit * Order of Merit of the Police Forces Grenada * Order of the National Hero * Order of Grenada Jamaica * Order of the National Hero * Order of the Nation * Order of Excellence * Order of Merit * Order of Jamaica * Order of Distinction New Zealand * Order of New Zealand * New Zealand Order of Merit * King's Service Order Papua New Guinea * Order of Logohu * Order of the Star of Melanesia Saint Kitts and Nevis * Order of St Christopher and Nevis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intelligence Services Distinguished Service Medal
Intelligence has been defined in many ways: the capacity for abstraction, logic, understanding, self-awareness, learning, emotional knowledge, reasoning, planning, creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving. It can be described as the ability to perceive or infer information and to retain it as knowledge to be applied to adaptive behaviors within an environment or context. The term rose to prominence during the early 1900s. Most psychologists believe that intelligence can be divided into various domains or competencies. Intelligence has been long-studied in humans, and across numerous disciplines. It has also been observed in the cognition of non-human animals. Some researchers have suggested that plants exhibit forms of intelligence, though this remains controversial. Etymology The word ''intelligence'' derives from the Latin nouns '' intelligentia'' or '' intellēctus'', which in turn stem from the verb '' intelligere'', to comprehend or perceive. In the Middl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
