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DEFENCE Annual Performance Plan for 2020/2021
“Lets grow South Africa together” DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN For 2020/2021 “Lets grow South Africa together” DATE OF TABLING: 12 MARCH 2020 Annual Performance Plan I 2020/21 1 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE FOREWORD BY THE MINISTER OF DEFENCE AND MILITARY VETERANS This Plan has been developed against the backdrop of the sixth administration Medium-Term Strategic Framework priorities, 2019-2024, in support of the National Development Plan, ‘’Vision 2030’’. As a developmental State, government through the Medium-Term Strategic Framework, will continue to priorities the following goals; improving the human capital base, reducing inequalities, modernising the public service and transforming the economy. These Medium-Term Strategic Framework goals articulate the strategic focus of Government and its on-going commitment to build a stronger and effective State, able to respond to the needs and aspirations of the people of South Africa. It is within the defence mandate that the role of defence will find expression in support of the Medium- Term Strategic Framework Pillars and Priorities of government and support to the national security architecture of the RSA at domestic, regional and continental dimensions. The reconfiguration of the departmental planning instruments aligned with national requirements, now reflects the DOD Results-Based Model enabling the pursuing of the defence Impact Statement ‘’Enhance and contribute to peace, security and stability in the RSA, region, Africa and the world through appropriately resourced and sustained defence capabilities’’. This Impact Statement will be supported by measurable Outcomes, Outputs and Activities that will be implemented and monitored at appropriate governance structures of the Department thereby ensuring support to national imperative. -
“Men of Influence”– the Ontology of Leadership in the 1914 Boer
Journal of Historical Sociology Vol. 17 No. 1 March 2004 ISSN 0952-1909 “Men of Influence” – The Ontology of Leadership in the 1914 Boer Rebellion SANDRA SWART Abstract This paper raises questions about the ontology of the Afrikaner leader- ship in the 1914 Boer Rebellion – and the tendency to portray the rebel leadership in terms of monolithic Republicans, followed by those who shared their dedication to returning the state to the old Boer republics. Discussions of the Rebellion have not focused on the interaction between leadership and rank and file, which in part has been obscured by Republican mythology based on the egalitarianism of the Boer commando. This paper attempts to establish the ambitions of the leaders for going into rebellion and the motivations of those who followed them. It traces the political and economic changes that came with union and industrialization, and asks why some influential men felt increasingly alienated from the new form of state structure while others adapted to it. To ascertain the nature of the support for the leaders, the discussion looks at Republican hierarchy and the ideology of patri- archy. The paper further discusses the circumscribed but significant role of women in the Rebellion. This article seeks to contribute to a wider understanding of the history of leadership in South Africa, entangled in the identity dynamics of mas- culinity, class and race interests. ***** Man, I can guess at nothing. Each man must think for himself. For myself, I will go where my General goes. Japie Krynauw (rebel).1 In 1914 there was a rebellion against the young South African state. -
Class, Race and Gender Amongst White Volunteers, 1939-1953
From War to Workplace: Class, Race and Gender amongst White Volunteers, 1939-1953 By Neil Roos Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of History in the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences at the University of North West Supervisor: Dr. Tim Clynick Mafikeng, North West Province August 2001 To Dick Abstract Through a case study of the war and post-war experiences of those who volunteered to serve in the Second World War, the thesis explores aspects of the social and cultural history of white men in South Africa. The thesis begins from the premise that class and ethnicity, the major binary categories conventionally used to explain developments in white South African society, are unable to account for the history of white men who volunteered to serve in the Second World War. It argues that the history of these volunteers is best understood in the context of racist culture, which can be defined as an evolving consensus amongst whites in South Africa on the political, social and cultural primacy of whiteness. It argues that, when the call to arms came in 1939, it was answered mainly by white men from those little traditions incorporated politically into the segregationist colonial order, largely through the explicit emphases of white privilege and the cultural hegemony of whiteness. Their decision to enlist was underscored by an awareness that volunteering entailed a set of rights and duties, which centred on their expectations of post-war "social justice." Chapter three examines some of the highly idealised and implicitly racialised ways in which, during wartime, white troops expanded their understanding of social justice. -
SA Army Unit Histories
Appendix 9C SA Army unit histories 1 SA Infantry Division 1 The division was formed on August 13, 1940 at the South African Military College at Roberts’ Heights (now Thaba Tshwane), Pretoria. The formation demobilised in South Africa in January 1943 as part of a plan to form two armoured divisions. The divisional commanders were: • From August 13, 1940: Brigadier, then Major General “Uncle” George Brink. • From March 10, 1942: Major General Dan H Pienaar. Divisional Troops From To Remarks Artillery Antitank 1st Anti-Tank Brigade, SAA 25-Jan-41 12-Jun-41 renamed 1st Anti-Tank Regiment, SAA 01-Jun-41 01-Jan-43 Field Artillery 3rd Field Brigade, THA, SAA 29-Dec-40 11-Aug-41 renamed 4th Field Brigade, SAA 13-Aug-40 30-Jul-41 renamed 7th Field Brigade, SAA 13-Aug-40 11-Aug-41 renamed 1st Field Regiment, CFA,SAA 20-Apr-42 01-Jan-43 3rd Field Regiment, THA, SAA 11-Aug-41 25-Jun-42 4th Field Regiment, SAA 31-Jul-41 01-Jan-43 7th Field Regiment, SAA 11-Aug-41 01-Jan-43 Light Antiaircraft 1st Light Antiaircraft Regiment, SAA 01-Sep-41 01-Jan-43 Engineers Field Companies 12th Field Company, SA Engineers 13-Aug-40 02-Apr-41 1st Field Company, SA Engineers 13-Aug-40 01-Jan-43 2nd Field Company, SA Engineers 01-May-42 01-Jan-43 3rd Field Company, SA Engineers 03-May-41 01-Jan-43 5th Field Company, SA Engineers 05-Dec-40 01-Jan-43 Field Park Companies 19th Field Park Company, SA Eng 01-Apr-42 01-Jan-43 21st Corps Field Park Company, SA Eng 01-Dec-40 30-Apr-42 Infantry 2nd Regiment Botha 05-Feb-42 01-Jan-43 Machine Gun B Coy, Die Middellandse Regiment 27-Jun-42 01-Jan-43 1 Steve Rothwell, http://homepages.force9.net/rothwell/1sa.htm, August 24, 2003, accessed June 6, 2006. -
The Role and Application of the Union Defence Force in the Suppression of Internal Unrest, 1912 - 1945
THE ROLE AND APPLICATION OF THE UNION DEFENCE FORCE IN THE SUPPRESSION OF INTERNAL UNREST, 1912 - 1945 Andries Marius Fokkens Thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Military Science (Military History) at the Military Academy, Saldanha, Faculty of Military Science, Stellenbosch University. Supervisor: Lieutenant Colonel (Prof.) G.E. Visser Co-supervisor: Dr. W.P. Visser Date of Submission: September 2006 ii Declaration I, the undersigned, hereby declare that the work contained in this thesis is my own original work and that I have not previously submitted it, in its entirety or in part, to any university for a degree. Signature:…………………….. Date:………………………….. iii ABSTRACT The use of military force to suppress internal unrest has been an integral part of South African history. The European colonisation of South Africa from 1652 was facilitated by the use of force. Boer commandos and British military regiments and volunteer units enforced the peace in outlying areas and fought against the indigenous population as did other colonial powers such as France in North Africa and Germany in German South West Africa, to name but a few. The period 1912 to 1945 is no exception, but with the difference that military force was used to suppress uprisings of white citizens as well. White industrial workers experienced this military suppression in 1907, 1913, 1914 and 1922 when they went on strike. Job insecurity and wages were the main causes of the strikes and militant actions from the strikers forced the government to use military force when the police failed to maintain law and order. -
The Battle of Sandfontein: the Role and Legacy of Major- General Sir Henry Timson Lukin
Scientia Militaria, South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 34, Nr 2, 2006. doi: 10.5787/34-2-24 65 THE BATTLE OF SANDFONTEIN: THE ROLE AND LEGACY OF MAJOR- 1 GENERAL SIR HENRY TIMSON LUKIN Rodney C. Warwick2 Diocesan College, Cape Town Introduction Commemorative statues, plaques and monuments from decades past remain widespread across both the urban and rural South Africa landscape. Included amongst these is the stone likeness of General Tim Lukin in Cape Town: just one of such structures intended to encapsulate the emotions and memories of those who commissioned it. The South African involvement at Delville Wood ninety years ago would still resonate with some of the country’s population; those who at some stage have delved into reading up on the history of our participation in the First World War. However mention of the Battle of Sandfontein during the Union invasion of German South West Africa in 1914 to the same reasonably historically literate grouping, would from the larger proportion of them, most probably elicit an admittance of ignorance. Only the well-read enthusiast of South African military history would be aware of Lukin’s roles at both Delville Wood and Sandfontein, let alone how the latter engagement constituted one of the bleakest moments in the General’s career. This article revives debate about this long forgotten First World War military clash in Africa: the first full set battle-piece in which the two year old Union Defence Force was involved, and which resulted in a defeat for the South African forces. It also investigates the role of General Lukin therein, and how culpability for 1 This paper was presented at the 4th War and Society in Africa Conference: Strategy, Generalship and Command in Southern Africa: Past, Present, Future, held at the South African Military Academy, Saldanha, 4-6 September 2003. -
Selection from the Smuts Papers Volume
SELECTION FROM THE SMUTS PAPERS VOLUME III SELECTIONS FROM THE SMUTS PAPERS VOLUME III JUNE 19IO-NOVEMBER 1918 EDITED BY W.K.HANCOCK Professor of History at the Australian National University, Canberra AND JEAN VAN DER POEL Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Cape Town CAMBRIDGE AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS 1966 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, Sao Paulo Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 2RU, UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www. Cambridge. org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521051927 Original Smuts Papers © The Smuts Archive Trust 1966 Editorial Material © Cambridge University Press 1966 First published 1966 This digitally printed first paperback version 2007 A catalogue record for this publication is available from the British Library Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: 64—21586 ISBN-13 978-0-521-05192-7 hardback ISBN-10 0-521 -05192-4 hardback ISBN-13 978-0-521-03366-4 paperback ISBN-10 0-521-03366-7 paperback CONTENTS OF VOLUME III page PART IX: THE UNION UNDER STRAIN 9 JUNE 19IO-24 DECEMBER 1914 Documents 478-616 3 PART X: THE AFRICAN CAMPAIGNS 4 JANUARY 1915-4 FEBRUARY 1917 1. German South West Africa Documents 617-670 231 2. German East Africa Documents 671-711 332 PART XI: THE WAR IN EUROPE 15 FEBRUARY I917-IO NOVEMBER 1918 1. The Imperial War Conference and the Imperial War Cabinet, 15 February 1917-31 May 1917 Documents 712-764 443 2. The British War Cabinet, 5 June 1917-10 Novem- ber 1918 Documents 765-852 529 PART IX THE UNION UNDER STRAIN 9 JUNE 19IO-24 DECEMBER 1914 THE UNION UNDER STRAIN As in Part VIII the papers of this period are at times illuminating but historically disjointed. -
A Concise History of the South African Defence Force (1912-1987)
Scientia Militaria, South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 17, Nr 2, 1987. http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za A concise history of the South African Defence Force (1912-1987) Major W.A. Dorning* INTRODUCTION omic conditions of the time. The result was that when the Union was again called to arms in 1939, s the SA Defence Force celebrates its 75th it was able to mobilize a vast and redoubtable anniversary, it can look back with pride at fighting machine within a relatively short period A a truly remarkable history. Established of time. As in the Great War, the South African just two years after Union, the fledging force was Forces quickly won the respect of friend and foe to be severely tested within the first two years of alike for their professionalism, dedication and its existence to a degree perhaps unparalleled in the powers of endurance. In proportion to its rela- history of modern armies. tively small population and material resources, the Union's war effort was at least as great as that"of Just over a year after its formation, when it still any of the Allied powers. existed more on paper than in fact, the Union Defence Force (UDF) was called upon to suppress With this proud tradition and record forged a violent industrial strike on the Reef. Having during two World Wars as its cornerstone, the passed its first test with flying colours, the UDF modern South African Defence Force has devel- was confronted a few months later by the far more oped and improved itself over the years to the serious crises of internal rebellion and World War. -
Fascist Or Opportunist?”: the Political Career of Oswald Pirow, 1915–1943
Historia, 63, 2, November 2018, pp 93-111 “Fascist or opportunist?”: The political career of Oswald Pirow, 1915–1943 F.A. Mouton* Abstract Oswald Pirow’s established place in South African historiography is that of a confirmed fascist, but in reality he was an opportunist. Raw ambition was the underlying motive for every political action he took and he had a ruthless ability to adjust his sails to prevailing political winds. He hitched his ambitions to the political momentum of influential persons such as Tielman Roos and J.B.M. Hertzog in the National Party with flattery and avowals of unquestioning loyalty. As a Roos acolyte he was an uncompromising republican, while as a Hertzog loyalist he rejected republicanism and national-socialism, and was a friend of the Jewish community. After September 1939 with the collapse of the Hertzog government and with Nazi Germany seemingly winning the Second World War, overnight he became a radical republican, a national-socialist and an anti-Semite. The essence of his political belief was not national-socialism, but winning, and the opportunistic advancement of his career. Pirow’s founding of the national-socialist movement, the New Order in 1940 was a gamble that “went for broke” on a German victory. Keywords: Oswald Pirow; New Order; fascism; Nazi Germany; opportunism; Tielman Roos; J.B.M. Hertzog; ambition; Second World War. Opsomming In die Suid-Afrikaanse historiografie word Oswald Pirow getipeer as ’n oortuigde fascis, maar in werklikheid was hy ’n opportunis. Rou ambisie was die onderliggende motivering van alle politieke handelinge deur hom. Hy het die onverbiddelike vermoë gehad om sy seile na heersende politieke winde te span. -
Professional Historians and Political Biography of South African Parliamentary Politics, 1910-1990
“THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY”: PROFESSIONAL HISTORIANS AND POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY OF SOUTH AFRICAN PARLIAMENTARY POLITICS, 1910-1990 FA Mouton1 Abstract Biography strengthens the historian’s attempts to decipher the behaviour of individuals and also provides a historical window on a certain era, contributing to our knowledge and understanding of the past. Biographical studies of those who were involved in parliamentary politics between 1910 and 1990, the prime ministers, presidents, cabinet ministers, party leaders, humble backbenchers and unsuccessful parliamentary candidates can help to explain why the white minority, after decades of acquiescing the abuse of South Africa’s limited democratic tradition, decided to peacefully surrender its political power. And yet, despite the proven value of political biography in the United States and Britain, the library shelves of South African universities are bare of biographies on pre-1990 parliamentary politicians by professional historians. This article explains the reasons for this dearth of biographies, as well as the reasons why it is essential for professional historians to write them and concludes with a recommendation on how such biographies should be written. 1. INTRODUCTION By deciphering the behaviour of individuals, providing in the process a historical window on societies of the past, the historian as biographer plays a crucial role to convey knowledge and understanding of our history to the reading public. Biographical studies of the lives and careers of parliamentary politicians between 1910 and 1990 are for example essential to comprehend South African history in the twentieth century. And yet, despite the internationally proven value of biography, the library shelves of South African universities are bare of biographies by professional historians on pre-1990 parliamentary history. -
10 May 2021 16:00 (Applications Received After the Closing Date and Faxed Copies Will Not Be Considered)
CLOSING DATE: 10 May 2021 16:00 (Applications received after the closing date and faxed copies will not be considered). NOTE : The advertisement (s) contained herein is/are meant for the attention/perusal from all interest job seekers whether they are serving employees/officials of the DOD/Public Service, unemployed persons or persons employed outside the Public Service. Person not employed by the DOD/Public Services are encouraged to apply for the vacancies advertised in this circular. The advertisement (s) contained herein is/are meant for the attention/perusal from all interest job seekers whether they are serving employees/officials of the DOD/Public Service, unemployed persons or persons employed outside the Public Service. Person not employed by the DOD/Public Services are encouraged to apply for the vacancies advertised in this circular. Applications must be submitted on the prescribed form Z83 (obtainable from any Public Service department), which must be originally signed and dated by the applicant and which must be accompanied by a detailed CV (with full particulars of the applicants’ training, qualifications, competencies, knowledge, experience and etc) and all required documents attached must be certified a true copy and must be dated. Certification must not be older than six months at the closing date of the advert. (i.e. Educational qualifications, ID Copy and Driver s license). Non-RSA Citizens/Permanent Resident Permit Holders must attach a copy of their permanent residence permits to their applications. Should you be in possession of a foreign qualification(s), it must be accompanied by an evaluation certificate from the South African Qualification Authority (SAQA). -
Oswald Pirow, Sir Oswald Mosley, the 'Enemies of the Soviet Union'
15 FA Mouton “BEYOND THE PALE”: OSWALD Professor, Department of History, University of South PIROW, SIR OSWALD MOSLEY, Africa. E-mail: moutofa@ THE ‘ENEMIES OF THE SOVIET unisa.ac.za UNION’ AND APARTHEID, DOI: https://dx.doi. 1948 - 1959 org/10.18820/24150509/ JCH43.v2.2 ISSN 0258-2422 (Print) Abstract ISSN 2415-0509 (Online) In 1948, Oswald Pirow, trapped in the political wilderness Journal for Contemporary after his once glittering political career had self-destructed History with the founding of the national-socialistic New Order, 2018 43(2):15-32 was desperate for a political comeback. In search of an © Creative Commons With international platform to portray himself as a leading anti-communist campaigner, and as a political sage with Attribution (CC-BY) a solution to the challenge of securing white supremacy in Africa, he visited Sir Oswald Mosley, former British fascist leader, in London. The result was a short-lived alliance of opportunism, the ‘Enemies of the Soviet Union’, by two discredited politicians who were beyond the pale in public life. By 1959, this alliance would come to haunt Pirow, who had done his utmost to shed his fascist past. It also caused the apartheid state, which had appointed Pirow as the chief prosecutor in the Treason Trail, considerable embarrassment. Keywords: Oswald Pirow; Sir Oswald Mosley; national- socialism; New Order; British Union of Fascism; communism; ‘Enemies of the Soviet Union’; apartheid; opportunism. Sleutelwoorde: Oswald Pirow; Sir Oswald Mosley; nasionaal-sosialisme; Nuwe Orde; British Union of Fascism; kommunisme; “Enemies of the Soviet Union”; apartheid; opportunisme. 16 JCH / JEG 43(2) | December / Desember 2018 1.