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South African National Defence Force - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia On the DCC are the four service chiefs, the chief of the National Defence Force staff, the military inspector general, the chiefs of defence headquarters staff divisions, and other key defense officials. Recent peacekeeping actions on the behalf of the South African military include an invasion of Lesotho in order to restore the democratically elected government after a coup, as well as extensive contributions to the United Nations peacekeeping operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burundi. South Africa at one time possessed weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear weapons, but its stockpile was destroyed after the end of apartheid. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/South_African_National_Defence_Force   (493 words)

SOUTH AFRICAN DEFENCE FORCE 1994-2003 The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) and its branches have their own service flags that are variants of the South African national flag. The SA national flag is used as the naval jack. All employ the SA national flag as a canton and all except the naval ensign display the relevant service insignia in the lower fly. tmg110.tripod.com /sa1.htm   (331 words)

The South African National Defence Force - SANDF The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is facing a challenging year in 2003 in which it will not only receive the first corvette of its multi billion dollar arms acquisition programme, but also the beginning of a down-scaling programme to get rid of some 20,000 ageing soldiers, reports Erika Gibson. Since the establishment of the SANDF in 1994, replacing the former SADF with an integrated force of freedom fighters and conventional soldiers, a corporate transformation process has been underway to migrate from the pre-1994 defence dispensation to a new dispensation as envisaged by the democratic constitution of South Africa. Mosiuoa Lekota, Minister of Defence, "The SANDF remains one of South Africa's most important assets, in spite of numerous problems emanating from the transformation of the defence force. www.global-defence.com /2003/sandef_03.htm   (1266 words)

South Africa Air Force Ensigns The new SANDF emblem and flags were presented at a parade presided over by the Chief of the South African National Defence Force, General Siphiwe Nyanda, on 29 April 2003 at Defence Force Headquarters at Thaba Tshwane (formerly known as Voortrekkerhoogte) near Pretoria. (Source: SAVA Journal 2/93: Flags of the Union Defence Forces and of the South African Defence Force, 1912-1993 by Prof. Apart from the replacement of new emblems, the new SANDF, Air Force, Army and Medical Services flags are identical to their immediate predecessors which have been in use since 11 November 1994 with the exception of the South African Army which adopted a new flag in 2002. www.fotw.net /Flags/za-airf.html   (1925 words)

Case Law, Labour Case Law - South Africa On 25 November 1998, Hartzenberg J made an order which in substance declared section 126B of the Defence Act, 44 of 1957, to be unconstitutional and invalid to the extent that it prohibits members of the South African National Defence Force from participating in public protest and from joining trade unions. [3] The South African National Defence Force (the Defence Force), which includes the South African army, navy and air force, is divided into the Permanent Force which consists of the core of military personnel who are enrolled in the Defence Force, the citizen force and commandos. The Constitution proclaims that national security is not simply directed towards the maintenance of power but “must reflect the resolve of South Africans, as individuals and as a nation, to live as equals, to live in peace and harmony, to be free from fear and want and to seek a better life.” [Section 198(a)]. www.caselaw.co.za /viewresult.asp?SearchID=56792   (7483 words)

The Body: South African National Defence Force Launches Clinic for Army Personnel, Families The South African National Defence Force on Tuesday opened the country's first clinic where army personnel and their families can obtain HIV/AIDS testing and treatment, VOANews.com reports. The Body: South African National Defence Force Launches Clinic for Army Personnel, Families South African National Defence Force Launches Clinic for Army Personnel, Families www.thebody.com /kaiser/2004/jan22_04/army_aids.html   (338 words)

WELCOME TO THE SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MILITARY HISTORY The Museum is a member of the South African Museums Association, the International Council of Museums, the International Association of Museums of Arms and Military History, The Ordnance Society and the South African Association for the Conference Industry. In 1975 the Museum's name was changed to the South African National Museum of Military History and its scope was expanded to include the history of all military conflict in which South Africans have played a part. The new museum, which became known as the South African National War Museum, was officially opened by the then Prime Minister of South Africa, Field Marshal J C Smuts on 29 August 1947. www.militarymuseum.co.za /welcome.html   (993 words)

UN Publications:UNIDIR Titles (United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research) With the Declaration on the Denuclearization of Africa adopted in 1964, African states were among the first to decide on the denuclearization of their region. This publication examines the possiblity and the necessity for a fresh understanding of the role of armed forces in democratic nations, a change in their leadership and civic education and a new style in their use. However, implementation of the declaration was delayed by South Africa's perilous nuclear weapons programme and their policy of apartheid. www.un.org /Pubs/whatsnew/unidir.htm   (6233 words)

U.S. donates field hospital to South African National Defence Force - "Dar es Salaam, Tanzania" The American government donated a field hospital to the South African National Defence Force during a short handing-over ceremony conducted at the American Embassy in Dar es Salaam on Friday, April 4, 2003. A statement from the American Embassy in Dar es Salaam said that the hospital will be used to provide medical support to some 800 South African National Defence Force members currently deployed in Burundi. U.S. donates field hospital to South African National Defence Force usembassy.state.gov /tanzania/wwwhpr153.html   (330 words)

South African Military Army Has information on an Aug. 1997 South African Defence Force Symposium and Reunion, most of the text of a 1979 report by a Conservative Party (UK) election observer team to the first one man one vote elections, Ministry of Information pamphlets published during the civil war, articles on the wars in Angola and Namibia. Press releases, the Annual Report, the Minister's speeches, speeches of the Chief of the SA National Defence Force, the 1996 White Paper on Defence, the Code of Conduct in the 11 official languages. The reports concern the direction of South African defence planning and the development of regional military co-operation. www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/ssrg/africa/southafrica/rsamil.html   (1152 words)

National Intelligence Agency - South African Intelligence Agencies The process of integrating the former South African Defence Force (SADF) with the military wings of the African National Congress (ANC), Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) and the armies of the former homelands into one force started on 16 May 1994 and will be completed by 31 March 1998. The role of Defence Intelligence is to enhance political and military decision-making wrt national security and military-related developments that may have an impact on the area of strategic interest in general, and on the RSA in particular. The function of the SANDF is service in defence of South Africa in time of war and in fulfilment of the country's treaty obligations. www.globalsecurity.org /intell/world/rsa/df_id.htm   (3187 words)

DSTJ1-2000.txt The result of this was that on the promulgation of the Interim Constitution on 27 April 1994, the SANDF consisted of the members of the South African Defence Force, the Defence Forces of the TBVC countries and MK. The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act of 1993 (Interim Constitution) was established to provide for the new order in South Africa, one following the cessation of hostilities between the South African Defence Force and TBVC Defence Forces and the opposing forces of Umkhonto We Sizwe (MK) and Azanian People’s Liberation Army (APLA). A new national defence force was to be established. www.caselaw.co.za /admin/cases/DSTJ1-2000.txt   (1469 words)

Defining defence requirements: Force design considerations for the South African National Defence Force - African Security Review Vol 8 No 5, 1999 The force design of a defence force is the final expression of the appreciation of the roles and functions and the posture, doctrine and operational concepts that are determined by the political leaders and principals of that defence force. The Defence Review developed the concept of a peacetime core force as a force that can execute contingencies of a short-term nature at short notice, but that will need warning and a period of growth for larger scale contingencies for which warning can realistically be expected. This produces the dilemma of a substantial discrepancy between the requirements emanating from national defence policy and the funding of the defence function by the government. www.iss.co.za /Pubs/ASR/8No5/DefiningDefence.html   (3606 words)

Defence Amendment Act [No. 4 of 1997] the execution of approved programmes of the budget for the [Department of Defence and, upon the Secretary being appointed as the accounting officer of the Department of Defence, the execution of such programmes of the] South African National Defence Force for which that Chief is responsible; (2) The Secretary shall be a citizen of the Republic and may not be a member of the South African National Defence Force. the use of the South African National Defence Force or any part or member thereof which or who [as the case may be] has been employed [by the President] for any service [under the Constitution, for such service] www.info.gov.za /acts/1997/act4.htm   (1269 words)

Q-online - News: Same-sex partners of members of the SA army to have same benefits as heterosexuals The partners of gay and lesbian South African National Defence Force staff will soon be entitled to the same benefits as their heterosexual counterparts in the armed forces. ame-sex partners of members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) will in future have the same benefits as the spouses of the country's soldiers, sailors and air force members. In terms of the regulations, "spouse" means being married to a member of the defence force or being a beneficiary in a marriage that is recognised as valid in terms of the 1998 Recognition of Customary Marriages Act or the 1961 Marriage Act. www.q.co.za /2001/2002/01/11-gaysoldiers.html   (589 words)

Army Survey Shows Decline in AIDS Cases South Africa's military forces are recording a decline in the levels of HIV infection among soldiers used for international missions, although it is still not prepared to give anti-retroviral treatment to affected troops. Within the South African military, stresses appear to mean survival of HIV-infected soldiers is shorter on average than among civilians. The initiative to combat HIV/Aids in the military is being assisted by the United States Department of Defence. www.aegis.com /news/dmg/2001/MG010802.html   (947 words)

15130570.htm As an MK leader, he was a trophy and a target whom the old South African Defence Force (SADF), several of whose operations against the liberation forces were led by Meiring in various capacities before he became Chief of the SADF, would in all likelihood have captured and killed. South African society as a whole is facing the challenges of resolving and reconciling these contradictions. Thus, there is an annual admonition by the Defence Minister against moves to commemorate Cassinga or expression of outrage when medals are issued to old SADF personnel for their acts of heroism in the struggle against 'terrorists'. www.hinduonnet.com /fline/fl1513/15130570.htm   (1961 words)

Military Medicine: Prevalence and characteristics of trauma and post-traumatic stress symptoms in operational members of the South African National Defence Force With the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) showing a trend toward greater involvement in domestic and international peacekeeping operations, we conducted a preliminary study to look at the extent of trauma exposure and MSD symptoms in soldiers recently returned from a peacekeeping mission. Participants were 198 South African army personnel drawn from two permanent defence force units in the province of KwaZuluNatal. The study was conducted by the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa. www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3912/is_200301/ai_n9197159   (1099 words)

South African National Museum of Military History The records of all South African servicemen in the Army, Navy and Air Force are held in the archives. After the declaration of peace in1902 until the promulgation of the Defence Force Act in 1912, which provided for the establishment of the Union Defence Force in 1913, British regiments were garrisoned in South Africa as a peace-keeping force. Before South Africa became a republic in 1961 South African military personnel were involved outside the borders of the country in the First World War, the Second World War and a relatively small contingent provided assistance to the United Nations in the operational area of North Korea. www.militarymuseum.co.za /ANCESTORS.html   (3059 words)

South African High Commission :: Home Page :: The South African Police Service is the principal Law Enforcement Agency in South Africa. South African High Commissioner, Her Excellency Ms Lindiwe Mabuza welcomes you to our web site which gives information on services from South Africa House and links to the latest news and events on South Africa from the UK. The South African High Commission accepts no responsibility whatsoever for the accuracy of such information, data or materials and therefore makes no representation concerning its completeness, truth, accuracy or its suitability for any particular purpose. www.southafricahouse.com   (364 words)

SOUTH AFRICAN DEFENCE FORCE SCRAP BOOK Anyone interested in the South African Defence Force, either in the time period covered by Sentinel Projects, or the South African National Defence Force as it is now known, is likely to be interested in the lively - occasionally outrageous! At present our main project is the publication of `Sentinel SADF Monographs', dealing with mainly personal accounts of South African conscripts involved in the South African Defence Force between 1975 and 1994. South African Medal Certificate Suffix should be `PE' for Permanent Force. www.geocities.com /sadf_scrapbook   (517 words)

Media release 1997: Public opinion on a peacekeeping role for the SANDF. 5 June 1997 There is strong public support for the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) playing an external role - including peacekeeping. Results analysed according to political party support indicated that supporters of the PAC (75%) were most in favour of establishing a peacekeeping force for the Southern African region, followed by the IFP (70%), the ANC and the NP (both 68%), and the DP (56%). The majority of the respondents who support the FF and the DP were not in favour of South Africa providing a troop contingent as part of a UN peacekeeping force, with 50% and 46% respectively against the idea. www.hsrc.ac.za /media/1997/6/19970605.html   (398 words)

Rooikat The Rooikat 76mm version is in service with the South African National Defence Force. The Rooikat is not a pure reconnaissance vehicle, but rather its role was envisaged as the fighting core of the deep penetration units of the South African Army. The Rooikat 76mm 3-man combat turret is currently in production for and in service with the South African Army. www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/rsa/rooikat.htm   (731 words)

Army Technology - Rooikat 105 - Wheeled Armoured Fighting Vehicles The Rooikat 76 Armoured Fighting Vehicle, with a 76mm gun, was developed by Reemit for the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) and has been in operational use with the SANDF since 1980. There are two 7.62mm machine guns, one co-axial to the main armament and one at the commander's position, for general purpose ground and air defence. In 1990 an upgrade and redesign programme was started by Reumech OMC to customise the Rooikat for the international market, and by 1994 the development of the Rooikat 105 variant with a 105mm rifled gun was completed. www.army-technology.com /projects/rooikat   (755 words)

UNL News Releases 11/19/01 Hurribunce, who once served as Mandela's personal physician, joined the South African National Defence Force in 1994 and serves as its chief of joint training. Trained as a physician, Hurribunce served Umkhonto we Sizwe, the military arm of Nelson Mandela's African National Congress, in various command positions in South Africa and outside the country from 1979 until 1993, when the organization was decommissioned. Hurribunce's lecture will focus on the role of leadership in transforming South Africa and the fashioning of the leadership styles of the individuals at the forefront of that transformation (including Mandela and Thabo Mbheki, the first two presidents of the "new" South Africa). www.unl.edu /pr/2001/1101/111901anews.html   (266 words)

AEGiS-IRIN: Defence Force Launches AIDS Campaign The South African National Defence Force (SANDF), which has an estimated HIV prevalence of 17 percent, has launched a US $3 million campaign to fight the AIDS pandemic. The SA Military Health Services (SAMHS) created a busines plan for the SANDF and this was forwarded to the the US Pentagon as part of the US-South African military cooperation agreement. The training programme was launched in the capital, Pretoria, by the deputy minister of defence on Wednesday. www.aegis.com /news/irin/2001/IR010810.html   (395 words)

Gen Siphwe Nyanda: Chief of the South African National Defence Force The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) currently faces a series of difficult challenges, not least of which is the mismatch between what is expected of the force and the funding available to it. Gen Siphwe Nyanda: Chief of the South African National Defence Force Russian training personnel in Gaza to assist PA forces www.janes.com /defence/land_forces/news_briefs/jdw020627_09.shtml   (179 words)

South Africa invades Lesotho The acting president, they heard, had ordered a force of 600-800 South African National Defence Force (SANDF) troops, led by white officers, to storm into their country's tiny independent neighbour, Lesotho, to prop up a tottering and discredited government. As South Africans awoke on September 22 and tuned their radios to the morning news, they could be forgiven for thinking they had entered a time-warp. In an attempt to defuse the crisis, the Lesotho government on August 10 agreed to a South African proposal that a SADC committee investigate charges of election irregularities. www.greenleft.org.au /back/1998/336/336p21.htm   (1694 words)

SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL DEFENCE FORCE SINCE 2003 The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) adopted new flags in 2003. The nine-pointed star representing South Africa's nine provinces is common to all flags, with specific branch insignia inside the star. The SA national flag continues in service as the naval jack. tmg110.tripod.com /sa4.htm   (153 words)

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