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Armoured warfare : the South African experience in East Africa 1940-1941

Kleynhans, Evert Philippus (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Following South African entry into the Second World War on 6 September 1939, the Union Defence Force (UDF) transformed from an ageing peacetime defence force into a modern armed force capable of projecting ...
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 ...
Instrument to evaluate to which extent the operational support information system (OSIS) adds value to the South African Air Force (SAAF)

Hattingh, Maria Jacoba (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2005-12)

Since the 1940s, the evaluation of information systems has been the topic of many authors’ research. When taking into account the amount of resources invested in an organisation’s information systems, especially in the ...
Major General Sir Henry Timson Lukin (1860-1925) : the making of a South African hero

Nortier, Erasmus Wentzel (2005-12)

Henry Timson Lukin was born and educated in Britain. After completion of his schooling at the Merchant Taylor’s School in 1875 he had hoped to enter the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, but failed the entry examinations. ...
Military Intervention in African after the Cold War

Ramuhala, Mashudu Godfrey (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Military intervention remains controversial when it happens, as well as when it fails to. Since the end of the Cold War, military intervention has attracted much scholarly interest, and it was demonstrated ...
Multi-detector registration system for the study of multi-body decay of heavy body nuclei

Malaza, Vusi David (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)

Nuclear ssion is commonly known as a process where a heavy nucleus such as Uranium or Thorium decays into two fragments of roughly equal mass. On occasion however, instead of decay into two parts a process known as ...
Peace support in Africa : potential contribution and roles of the South African Navy

Thiart, Theunis Johannes Daniel (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The South African Navy (SAN) was created after the First World War as an indigenous naval capability for South Africa was deemed necessary. Its roles and responsibilities through the years have depended ...
Pursuing human security in Africa through developmental peace missions : ambitious construct or feasible ideal?

Olivier, Laetitia (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis explores the feasibility of the concept Developmental Peace Missions (DPMs). It seeks to answer the question whether DPMs is an ambitious construct or a feasible ideal and whether DPMs could ...
Sidi Rezegh and Tobruk : two South African military disasters revisited 1941-1942

Katz, David Brock (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Sidi Rezegh and Tobruk are the largest disasters suffered by South Africa in its military history. Yet, despite their enormity, Sidi Rezegh and Tobruk are little understood and hardly remembered. South ...
South African defence policy and capability : the case of the South African National Defence Force

Louw, Gerhard Martin (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Armed forces the world over have three primary functions — force development, force deployment and force employment. Defence policy plays a guiding role in all of these, but is especially important in ...
South African defence since 1994 : a study of policy-making

Jordaan, Evert (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2005-04)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: As South Africa entered the transitional period towards establishing a multi-party democracy, its defence policy changed fundamentally. The African National Congress (ANC) as the upcoming governing party ...
Supply chain management applicable to the South African Army camouflage clothing commodity

Wessels, Nelmarie (Nelmarie Jacolien) (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2007-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT APPLICABLE TO THE SOUTH AFRICAN ARMY CAMOUFLAGE CLOTHING COMMODITY There are many reasons for the popularity of the supply chain or the supply chain management concept. Through ...