The military history of South Africa chronicles a vast time period and complex events from the dawn of history until the present time. It covers civil wars and wars of aggression and of self-defence both within South Africa and against it. It includes the history of battles fought in the territories of modern South Africa in neighbouring territories, in both world wars and in modern ...

After the formation of the Union of South Africa, in 1910, Jan Smuts placed a high priority on establishing a unified national military that would be responsible for national defence. The Defence Act (No. 13) of 1912 saw the creation of the Union Defence Force (UDF) which was made up of a Permanent Force of career soldiers, an Active Citizen Force of conscripts and …

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The State Security Agency is the department of the South African government with overall responsibility for civilian intelligence operations. It was created in October 2009 to incorporate the formerly separate National Intelligence Agency, South African Secret Service, South African National Academy of Intelligence, National Communications Centre and COMSEC (South Africa).

Japan, South Korea and Poland [citation needed] are generally considered de facto nuclear states due to their believed ability to wield nuclear weapons within 1 to 3 years. South Africa produced six nuclear weapons in the 1980s, but dismantled them in the early 1990s. South Africa signed the NPT in 1991.

Nelson Mandela Becomes South Africa's First Black President 1 May Workers' Day: 1995: 16 June Youth Day: 1995: Commemorates the Soweto uprising led by secondary school students in 1976. 9 August National Women's Day: 1995: Commemorates the 1956 march of approximately 20,000 women to petition against pass laws. 24 September Heritage Day: 1995

The Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS) is a United States Department of Defense sponsored program, established as a separately managed and operated program by the United States Army, and the United States Air Force.The United States Navy-Marine Corps program closed in 2015. The program is a civilian auxiliary consisting primarily of licensed amateur radio operators who …

The Union of South Africa was tied closely to the British Empire, and automatically joined with Great Britain and the allies against the German Empire.Both Prime Minister Louis Botha and Defence Minister Jan Smuts, both former Second Boer War generals who had fought against the British but who now became active and respected members of the Imperial War Cabinet.

Poverty in Africa is the lack of provision to satisfy the basic human needs of certain people in Africa.African nations typically fall toward the bottom of any list measuring small size economic activity, such as income per capita or GDP per capita, despite a wealth of natural resources. In 2009, 22 of 24 nations identified as having "Low Human Development" on the United Nations' …

The military dictatorship in Nigeria was a period when members of the Nigerian Armed Forces held power in Nigeria from 1966 to 1999 with an interregnum from 1979 to 1983.The military was able to rise to power often with the tacit support of the elite through coup d'ètats.Since the country became a republic in 1963, there has been a series of military coups in Nigeria