Foreigners in the defence of South Africa

dc.creator	L. Jooste
dc.date	2012-02-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T20:09:29Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T20:09:29Z
dc.identifier	10.5787/16-2-455
dc.identifier	2224-0020
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/3e89bce16f5a446c97aef5e8625d726a
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/9028
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/3e89bce16f5a446c97aef5e8625d726a
dc.description	South Africa and the rest of the Free World is presently engaged in a concerted struggle against the Russian communists who seek to gain world power. The Soviet Union is striving to subject South Africa to a communist regime which would enable it to gain access to the country's geostrategic facilities as well as its mineral wealth. The physical assault against the Republic is conducted by Russian supported revolutionary and terrorist organizations whose aim it is to cause anarchy, chaos, dislocation and wide-spread violence. Additionally, Cuban and East German surrogate forces are operating in neighbouring countries to the north. These threats against South Africa are escalating in scope and intensity by the day and for this reason, it is obliged to muster the support of everyone in the country. including that of non- South Africans. In the past the defence of the Republic rested exclusively on the shoulders of South African-born young men whose selfless service was often sacrificed at the cost of their academic, professional and personal ambitions. Their military commitments. moreover. placed them at a disadvantage against non-citizens who, exempted from duty, could pursue their tertiary educational careers unhindered. However, the newly-promulgated amendment to the Defence Act, which makes provision for the acquisition of South African citizenship by virtue of residence in this country, seeks to spread the defence burden more justly. New South African citizens have therefore been called upon since October 1984 to accept co-responsibility for military duty in the country.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy)
dc.relation	http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/455
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0020
dc.source	Scientia Militaria : South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 16, Iss 2 (2012)
dc.subject	foreigners in the defence of South Africa
dc.subject	employed to strengthen the Cape garrison
dc.subject	Anglo-Boer War
dc.subject	Europeans joined the Boer forces
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
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.title	Foreigners in the defence of South Africa
dc.type	Article