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Hierdie persoonlike herinnering deur brigadier Fanie Bouwer beskryf die enorme veiligheidsbeplanning vir Nelson Mandela se eerste openbare toespraak as president op 4 Mei 1994 en bied 'n insiggewende terugblik op die vreedsame oorgang van die "ou" na die "nuwe" Suid-Afrika.
Five years after the July 2021 unrest exposed serious weaknesses in South Africa's national security architecture, questions remain about the country's preparedness for future instability. Drawing on the findings of the Expert Panel and SAHRC investigations, this article examines what lessons were identified, what vulnerabilities remain, and whether South Africa is better equipped to prevent localised unrest from escalating into a broader national crisis.
National Security Focus
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Biography of Adamus (AP) Stemmet the man behind South Africa's former State Security Council
Water is often perceived merely as a domestic utility, yet it underpins national security and economic stability. This article explores how transboundary water systems—such as the Columbia and St Lawrence Rivers in North America, and the Chobe and Orange Rivers in southern Africa—serve as strategic assets governed by treaties, historical precedent, and geopolitical interests. Through case studies, it illustrates how water control influences migration, capital flow, and local economic resilience. The concept of water as a driver of human flourishing is likened to osmosis, suggesting that skills and capital naturally migrate toward areas of greater water security. The paper argues that effective water governance is essential for national security, and that policy reform must align with the environmental stimuli that shape human and economic movement. Without such alignment, infrastructure collapses, social instability rises, and capital retreats—making water security a prerequisite for sustainable development and peace.
This article reveals the real history behind PW Botha’s 15 August 1985 Rubicon Speech. Because of the catastrophic consequences that flowed from it, it is important to understand the amount of dysfunction and discord in the South African government’s strategic decision-making at that time, as cause for the debacle.
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NONGQAI SERIES THE MEN SPEAK Dr Willem Steenkamp
