An analysis of parliamentary intelligence oversight in South Africa with speciric reference to the Joint Standing Committee on intelligence

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dc.contributor.advisor Hough, Mike (Michael) en
dc.contributor.postgraduate Dlomo, Dennis Thokozani en
dc.date.accessioned 2013-09-07T10:57:02Z
dc.date.available 2005-02-08 en
dc.date.available 2013-09-07T10:57:02Z
dc.date.created 2004-03-10 en
dc.date.issued 2006-02-08 en
dc.date.submitted 2005-02-08 en
dc.description Dissertation (M (Political Sciences))--University of Pretoria, 2006. en
dc.description.abstract This study analyses parliamentary intelligence oversight in South Africa by assessing the understanding of members of the JSCI of its core business, its mission and vision and powers and functions as are stipulated by law. The study locates the JSCI within an international intelligence oversight milieu through a review and evaluation of selected countries’ intelligence oversight mechanisms. Furthermore, international best practice is sought and applicable lessons are drawn for South Africa. The study is bases on a literature review and interviews with members of the JSCI to gather information and draw insights to evaluate and test the propositions in the context of international and national best practice. The propositions, which are supported by the research, are that: · Intelligence oversight in South Africa under the JSCI has hitherto been relatively effective although there is room for improvement. · The JSCI has good relations with the other arms of the state that are responsible for the oversight of Intelligence in South Africa – making parliamentary intelligence oversight, overall, quite effective. · Despite this effectiveness there are legislative gaps and problems pertaining to the modus operandi of the JSCI that need the attention of both the Executive and Legislature and which could be part of a package of legislative reform. The research supported these propositions whilst pointing out that new initiatives need attention if the culture of oversight is to find root. These are the need to widen the scope of accountability to build a culture of accountability among middle and senior management members of the Intelligence structures and secondly the way Parliament resources the JSCI. en
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dc.description.department Political Sciences en
dc.identifier.citation Dlomo, D 2004, An analysis of parliamentary intelligence oversight in South Africa with speciric reference to the Joint Standing Committee on intelligence, M dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27212 > en
dc.identifier.upetdurl http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02082005-092528/ en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27212
dc.language.iso en
dc.publisher University of Pretoria en_ZA
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dc.subject Judicial oversight en
dc.subject Accountability en
dc.subject Civilian oversight en
dc.subject Conventional threats en
dc.subject Emerging threats en
dc.subject Covert action en
dc.subject Legislative oversight en
dc.subject Security clearance en
dc.subject Non-partisanship en
dc.subject Non-conventional threats en
dc.subject National security en
dc.subject Intelligence product en
dc.subject Intelligence activity en
dc.subject Executive oversight en
dc.subject Intelligence oversight en
dc.subject UCTD en_US
dc.title An analysis of parliamentary intelligence oversight in South Africa with speciric reference to the Joint Standing Committee on intelligence en
dc.type Dissertation en


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