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In different times : the war of Southern Africa, 1966-1989
(AFRICAN SUN MeDIA, 2019)This is the first attempt to bring together diverse scholars, using different lenses, to study South Africa’s Border War. As a book, it is critical in approach, provides deeper reflection, and focuses specifically on the ... -
Contemporary military geosciences in South Africa
(AFRICAN SUN MeDIA, 2019)Contemporary Military Geosciences in South Africa presents the reader with chapters celebrating the scope, reach and impact of themes researched by military geoscientists. The first topics under investigation ranges from ... -
African military geosciences : military history and the physical environment
(AFRICAN SUN MeDIA, 2018)This eight-chapter volume, African Military Geosciences: Military History and the Physical Environment, is a tour-de-force covering nearly 500 years of African military geosciences. It is a truly global book that reveals ... -
The African Standby Force : Quo Vadis?
(AFRICAN SUN MeDIA, 2017)Standby forces of the African Union are expected to deploy rapidly into high-intensity conflict zones. Inherently they stem from and are expected to work effectively with regional militaries of differing capabilities. But ... -
Civil defence and protective services in South Africa during World War Two, 1939–1945
(Historical Association of South Africa, 2019-11)During World War Two, South Africa inaugurated the Civilian Protective Services organisation as a civil defence effort to deal with, inter alia, the preventive and protective measures in defence of the civilian population ... -
The SANDF and societal development : project KOBA-TLALA
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this research is to investigate the potential contribution of the Department of Defence (DOD), specifically the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to the developmental agenda and ... -
Influence of rotation on transversely isotropic piezoelectric rod coated with a thin film
(Polish Academy of Sciences, 2018)In this paper, the influence of rotation on axisymmetric waves of a piezoelectric rod coated with a thin film is studied using constitutive form linear theory elasticity and piezo-electric equations. Potential functions ... -
Omega, oor en uit : die storie van ’n opstandige troep - François Verster
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy), 2019)War narratives are in essence categorised as a distinct literary kind of its own. In his masterpiece The soldier’s tale: Bearing witness to modern war, Samuel Hynes argues that mankind is generally curious about war. Hynes ... -
Factors influencing work satisfaction of single parents in the South African National Defence Force : an exploratory study
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy), 2019)There has been a documented increase in single-parent families over the years. Various causes, such as divorce, death, irresponsible fathers and choice, to mention but a few, contribute to this increase. Since 2005, the ... -
The mapping and investigation of radionuclide pollution in the processing plant of a spent phosphate mine by using GIS techniques
(CONSAS, 2018)The mining and refinement of phosphate is characterised by high levels of uranium. An in situ gamma ray survey was done at the processing plant of a spent phosphate mine near Vredenburg on the west coast of South Africa ... -
A critical analysis of the role of cooperatives in enhancing the socio-economic developments of Chris Hani District Municipality
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The inclusion of cooperatives in the country’s major development frameworks is a declaration of the government’s confidence in their ability to enhance socio-economic development. Given the conviction, ... -
Strategic business levers for bilateral defence technology and industrial partnership between South Africa and Bric states.
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: central to the defence and security complex, economic growth, new technology development and foreign policy of South Africa. Yet, the SA DTIS is in disrepair due to economic pressure and global defence ... -
Exploring the military role in support of development in Southern Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Abundant pieces of legislation and policy frameworks exist that link the military role and durable peace, and those that link durable peace and sustainable development. The linkage between the military ... -
The need for progress in an era of transformation : South African professional military education and military effectiveness
(Centre for Security Governance, 2018-04-20)The article explores the link between defence sector reform, military effectiveness, and education. During the post-1994 transition, defence sector reform in South Africa primarily involved the ‘transformation’ of the South ... -
A mathematical model for coinfection of listeriosis and anthrax diseases
(Hindawi, 2018)Listeriosis and Anthrax are fatal zoonotic diseases caused by Listeria monocytogene and Bacillus Anthracis, respectively. In this paper, we proposed and analysed a compartmental Listeriosis-Anthrax coinfection model ... -
Teetering on Africa’s development trajectories - a search for an African alternative
(2018-06)This article analyses the so-called key drivers of development in post-colonial Africa in the contexts of African leaders’ conceptualisation thereof. It exposes the divergent concepts of development that have appeared to ... -
The "apostles of terror" : South Africa, the East African campaign, and the Battle of El Wak
(Historical Association of South Africa, 2018-11)Shortly after the outbreak of the Second World War, the Union Defence Force (UDF) had to undergo a rapid transformation from an ageing defence force to one that could project offensive power across Africa. The formation ... -
Rise and fall of Jacob Zuma
(Brazilian Centre for Strategy & International Relations, 2018)In May 2014 I suddenly received a telephone call from the South African Embassy in Moscow, then an official invitation signed by Jacob Zuma followed: he wanted me to be present at his second inauguration. Unfortunately I ... -
Drivers of environmental management in the SANDF: a case study of Western Cape Units, 2011-2015
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The primary function of the South African Department of Defence and Military Veterans (SA DoDMV) is to defend and protect the Republic of South Africa (RSA), its territorial integrity and its people in ... -
Irreversibility analysis of hydromagnetic flow of couple stress fluid with radiative heat in a channel filled with a porous medium
(Elsevier, 2017)Numerical analysis of the intrinsic irreversibility of a mixed convection hydromagnetic flow of an electrically conducting couple stress fluid through upright channel filled with a saturated porous medium and radiative ...
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