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        The background radiation and exposure levels at various South African west coast military units 

        Bezuidenhout, Jacques (Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy), 2014)
        The West Coast of South Africa between St Helena Bay to the north and Langebaan Lagoon to the south is characterised by numerous granite protrusions. These outcrops are elements of the underlying Cape Granite Suite, which ...
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        Bambatha at Mpanza : the making of a rebel 

        Thompson, P. S. (Faculty of Military Science, Stellenbosch University, 2004)
        Bambatha is widely known as the chief who led a group of men to confront the Natal colonial government in protest against poll tax. He lived in a broken, sandy and stoney area known as Mpanza valley, to the north of Greytown, ...
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        Battle on the Lomba, 1987 the day a South African armoured battalion shattred Angola’s last mechanised offensive : a crew commander’s account 

        Esterhuyse, Abel (Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy), 2015)
        Writing about the Namibian Border War and South African involvement in the Angolan Civil War is difficult. Many South Africans have been conscripted or willingly served in the military at the time and find it difficult to ...
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        Between history, amnesia and selective memory : the South African armed forces, a century's perspective 

        Van der Waag, Ian; Visser, Deon (Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy), 2012)
        2012 has a double significance for this year sees the centenary of the founding of the African National Congress (8 January) and of the creation of the Union Defence Forces (1 July), two organisations that have for much ...
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        A breakdown of civil-military relations : the Soviet coup of 1991 

        Matthee, Heinrich (Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy), 1999)
        In August 1991 a Committee for State Emergencies, consisting of the minister of defence and the chief of the KGB, ousted Mikhail Gorbachev from power in the Soviet Union. The coup was important for several reasons. The ...
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        Challenges of arms transfers facing the emerging supplier states in the new international political economy 

        Khwela, Gcwelumusa, Chrysostomus (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003-12)
        ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The fundamental motivation for emerging arms suppliers to produce arms was the desire to overcome their position of dependence in the system of arms production and transfers. However, their predicament ...
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        The challenges of transformation : SANDF officers' attitudes towards integration, affirmative action. women in combat and language usage. 

        Heineken, Lindy (Faculty of Military Science of Stellenbosch University, 1998)
        Most countries expect their armed forces to be broadly representative of the populace with respect to race, ethnic composition, social class, religion and gender. The concern, particularly with respect to the officer corps ...
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        Changing attitudes among South African prisoners of war towards their Italian captors during World War II, 1942-1943 

        Horn, Karen (Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy), 2012)
        The Battle of Sidi Rezegh in November 1941 and the fall of Tobruk in June 1942 were disastrous for South Africa. At Sidi Rezegh, the entire 5th South African Infantry Brigade was lost and at Tobruk the following year more ...
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        Chemical and Lead Isotope characterisation of First World War shrapnel balls and bullets used on the Alpine Austrian–Italian Front 

        Laterza, Vittoria; Ros, Veronica; Turetta, Clara; Gabrieli, Jacopo; Cairns, Warren R. L.; Balliana, Eleonora; Baroni, Carlo; Cristina, Salvatore Maria; Bondesan, Aldino; Barbante, Carlo (Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy), 2018)
        Chemical and lead isotope characterisation was carried out on shrapnel balls and bullets dating back to the First World War (WWI). These ammunitions were widely utilised in the Alpine Austrian–Italian front located in the ...
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        Chemically reacting on MHD boundary-layer flow of nanofluids over a non-linear stretching sheet with heat source/sink and thermal radiation 

        Makinde, Oluwole Daniel; Mabood, Fazle; Ibrahim, Mohammed S. (Thermal Science, 2018)
        In this paper, steady 2-D MHD free convective boundary-layer flows of an electrically conducting nanofluid over a non-linear stretching sheet taking into account the chemical reaction and heat source/sink are investigated. ...
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        Civil defence and protective services in South Africa during World War Two, 1939–1945 

        Monama, Fankie L. (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 ...
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        Civilian-military interaction on the Matie campus : the 'battle of Wilgenhof', 1957 

        Visser, D. (Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy), 2009)
        The South African Military Academy was established in 1950 as a branch of the SA Military College, under the academic auspices of the University of Pretoria. A mere three years later, in 1953, the Union Defence Force ...
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        A clash of military doctrine : Brigadier-General Wilfrid Malleson and the South Africans at Salaita Hill, February 1916 

        Katz, David Brock (Historical Association of South Africa, 2017)
        Brigadier-General Wilfrid Malleson (1866–1946) received his commission into the Royal Artillery in 1886 and transferred to the Indian Army in 1904. He was relatively inexperienced in combat having served on the staff of ...
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        A cold relationship: United States foreign policy towards South Africa, 1960 – 1990 

        Barnard, Tjaart (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)
        ENGLISH SUMMARY: The diplomatic relations between the United States (USA) and South Africa (SA) had its birth in 1799 with the establishing of a consulate in Cape Town. Over the next two centuries the political dealings ...
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        Collective security in Africa : the tension between theory and practice 

        Jordaan, Evert (Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria, 2017)
        The promotion of peace and security in Africa necessitates security cooperation between states and collective security remains a way to pursue it. This paper explores the changed meaning and application of the concept ...
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        Combined effect of buoyancy force and Navier slip on MHD flow of a nanofluid over a convectively heated vertical porous plate 

        Mutuku-Njane, Winifred Nduku; Makinde, Oluwole Daniel (Hindawi, 2013)
        We examine the effect of magnetic field on boundary layer flow of an incompressible electrically conducting water-based nanofluids past a convectively heated vertical porous plate with Navier slip boundary condition. A ...
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        Computational dynamics of arterial blood flow in the presence of magnetic field and thermal radiation therapy 

        Chinyoka, T.; Makinde, O. D. (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2014-04-22)
        We conduct a numerical study to determine the influence of magnetic field and thermal radiation on both velocity and temperature distributions in a single blood vessel. The model here assumes that blood is a Newtonian ...
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        Computational modelling and similarity reduction of equations for transient fluid flow and heat transfer with variable properties 

        Moitsheki, R. J.; Makinde, O. D. (Hindawi, 2013)
        We consider a system of coupled partial differential equations describing transient fluid flow and heat transfer with variable flow properties. Classical Lie point symmetry analysis of this system resulted in admitted ...
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        Conflict and peace in Burundi : exploring the cause(s) and nature of the conflict and prospects for peace 

        Mokoena, Benjamin P. O. (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2006-03)
        The purpose of this study is to investigate the cause(s), the nature, and characteristics of the conflict in Burundi, and 10 explore the conditions for sustainable peace and prospects for peace. The study is intended as ...
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        Contemporary military geosciences in South Africa 

        Smit, Hennie; Bezuidenhout, Jacques (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 ...

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