Kammala wannan jumla: Tsakanin 1969 da 1981, sashen ya kasance na yanayi ne na musamman tare da ma'aikatan da aka samo daga Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), rundunar soja ta ANC. A cikin waɗannan shekarun rawar sashen ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin tsaro da ƙin yarda. A shekarar 1981 an nemi sabon shugaban Ma'aikatar Leken Asiri da Tsaro ta Kasa, wanda ke zaune a Lusaka, Zambia tare da aikin da aka ba Mzwai Piliso, mutumin da ke da alhakin kafa sansanonin ANC a Angola bayan 1975 kuma wanda ya ba da izinin shiga sojojin da suka tsere daga Afirka ta Kudu bayan yakin basasa.
Rikicin Soweto na shekarar 1976. Mataimakinsa kuma shugaban leken asirin zai kasance Peter Boroko (aka Peter Lesego Tshikare), shugaban Tsaro shi ne Reddy Mazimba (aka Reddy Mampane) kuma shugaban Gwamnati shi ne Sizakele Sigxashe. Daga 1981, an tsara ma'aikatan tare da horarwa a cikin leken asiri da ke faruwa a Tarayyar Soviet, Gabashin Jamus, Libya da Zimbabwe.