South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law amendments to the intelligence laws, creating a foreign intelligence service, the country's presidency reported.
The Intelligence Acts Amendment Bill will enact significant reforms to South Africa's intelligence services, including improved oversight and abolishing the State Security Agency as a national government department, according to the South African presidency.
The abolished agency will be replaced by two separate departments: the Foreign Intelligence Service and the Domestic Intelligence Agency, the statement said. The South African National Academy of Intelligence and the Intelligence Training Institute for both domestic and foreign intelligence will also be re-established.