CIVILIAN-MILITARY INTERACTION ON THE MATIE CAMPUS: THE ‘BATTLE OF WILGENHOF’, 1957

dc.creator	Deon Visser
dc.date	2011-08-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T20:08:44Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T20:08:44Z
dc.identifier	10.5787/37-2-70
dc.identifier	2224-0020
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/9e7666177a1f4869a6290678377a8bfb
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/8427
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/9e7666177a1f4869a6290678377a8bfb
dc.description	The South African Military Academy was established in 1950 as a branch of the<br />SA Military College, under the academic auspices of the University of Pretoria. A<br />mere three years later, in 1953, the Union Defence Force decided to relocate the<br />Academy to Saldanha and to establish it as an independent military unit under the<br />wings of Stellenbosch University. The relocation process took place during<br />1955/1956, shortly after construction of the Academy buildings at Saldanha had<br />started. As a result, Stellenbosch University agreed to accommodate the Academy<br />staff and students on the mother campus until the facilities at Saldanha were<br />completed. However, not all civilian students welcomed the military students on the<br />Matie campus, which culminated in the so-called ‘Battle of Wilgenhof’ in 1957.<br />This article investigates the origins, extent, outcome and consequences of the<br />conflict between military and civilian students on the campus of Stellenbosch<br />University in the mid-1950s. It contends that the conflict was rooted in cultural<br />rather than political differences, that the antagonism towards the military students<br />was in essence restricted to the residents of Wilgenhof and that the ‘Battle of<br />Wilgenhof’ had no lasting impact on the interaction between military and civilian<br />students at Stellenbosch University.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy)
dc.relation	http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/70
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0020
dc.source	Scientia Militaria : South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 37, Iss 2 (2011)
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
dc.subject	U
dc.subject	Military Science
dc.subject	U
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.title	CIVILIAN-MILITARY INTERACTION ON THE MATIE CAMPUS: THE ‘BATTLE OF WILGENHOF’, 1957
dc.type	Article