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Humanitarian intervention in Africa : towards a new posture
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy), 2004)
Introduction: Article 2 of the Charter of the United Nations (UN) implicitly recognises the validity of the concept of non-intervention, when it articulates ‘nothing contained in the present Charter shall authorise the ...
Akademiese steun by die militere akademie : die aanspreek van andershede in die SA Weermag
(Faculty of Military Science of Stellenbosch University, 1992)
Die Suid-Afrikaanse gemeenskap is blootgestel aan snelle veranderinge wat noodwendig 'n neerslag vind in die SA Weermag en die Militêre Akademie op Saldanha. Dit is egter nie net die veranderinge wat hul invloed laat geld ...
The challenges of transformation : SANDF officers' attitudes towards integration, affirmative action. women in combat and language usage.
(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 ...
Bambatha at Mpanza : the making of a rebel
(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, ...
Pursuing human security in Africa through developmental peace missions : ambitious construct or feasible ideal?
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy), 2009)
Pursuing human security through Developmental Peace Missions: Ambitious construct or feasible ideal? appears at a time when the continent of Africa is wrought by conflict, internal unrest and not-so-civil war, compelling ...
A breakdown of civil-military relations : the Soviet coup of 1991
(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 ...
Russia's Heroes 1941-45/Albert Axell
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy), 2011)
It is seldom that one comes across a work where history-writing and
qualitative research meet succinctly. Add to this an author who communicates
crisply and relates real-life narratives that capture and hold the reader’s ...
Changing attitudes among South African prisoners of war towards their Italian captors during World War II, 1942-1943
(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 ...
The suppression of internal unrest in South West Africa (Namibia) 1921-1933
(Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy), 2012)
In 1915, the Union of South Africa was requested to administrate South West Africa (SWA) (today Namibia) on behalf of the British Crown and approved the South West Africa Mandate. The policies of the Union strongly ...
Between history, amnesia and selective memory : the South African armed forces, a century's perspective
(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 ...