Bureau of State Security
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The Bureau for State Security, also known as the Bureau of State Security, was the main South African state intelligence agency from 1969 to 1980. A high-budget and secretive institution, it reported
John Vorster, the Prime Minister who established and oversaw BOSS
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John Vorster
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Balthazar Johannes Vorster was a South African politician who served as the Prime Minister of South Africa from 1966 to 1978 and the fourth State President of South Africa from 1978 to 1979. Known as
Bureau of State Security
…extrajudicial killings. For most of its existence, BOSS was headed by General Hendrik van den Bergh, who, while special Security Adviser to Prime Minister John Vorster, was instrumental in its establishment. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission saw the creation of BOSS as an example of the growing National Party…
John Vorster