[1] In 1994, the intelligence service affairs were subordinated to the minister of justice.

In 1995, Joe Nhlanhla became deputy minister of justice with responsibility for intelligence affairs.

When Jacob Zuma was elected president in 2009 he renamed the post to Minister of State Security, but kept Siyabonga Cwele in the job.

After the ANC election win in May 2014, Jacob Zuma announced the new minister of state security as David Mahlobo.

[2] The following agencies and their entities fell under the oversight of the minister of state security: State Security Agency National Intelligence Co-Ordinating Committee