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A Kings War Studies podcast (42 mins) which features a South African academic expert:...

A rare commentary on the SANDF, which is scathing and asks why is 80% of the budget spent on personnel (now including veterans). The one comment ends with - on all public...

The 'Rainbow Nation' is sadly and for some not unexpected becoming even more divided, not by race / ethnicity and this passage is one symptom[SIZE=4][FONT=Verdana]:
Link to the actual...

Ronnie Kasrils, a former ANC leader and minister, has a bleak outlook on the future as the ANC under President Zuma face new...

Scathing review of South Africa's foreign policy, not only the international aspect, but at home too. Here is an example:...

Perhaps such crimes happen regularly, this one got external press coverage; maybe with white farmers as defendants, not the victims it caught the editor's...

From a "lurker" familiar with Southern Africa, after reading Johnson's book wrote:

A bestseller in South Africa, even without any reviews and no loud criticism. Perhaps the new edition has "hit home"?

A review by Rian...

No great surprise that the SANDF faces such a crossroads when you consider the budget allocated, manpower, external and internal demands:...

An Open Democracy piece, which should be read alongside the SWJ Blog link to 'Underplayed Conflicts' and I cited the link excerpt:
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Something is wrong here, even more so that this involved the main SANDF infantry training base:
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Did anyone note the rather blunt military presence, with numerous Casspir APCs in the procession and otehrs parked up, as the funeral cortege reached the Eastern Cape, the third photo in the headline...

Now BBC report SA police were at the fake's house yesterday to arrest him under mental health provisions, except the media got there first. Surely the government wouldn't silence him that way, that's...

Carl,

For the moment this story is not going away!

Within the linked report is:

Citing a UK academic expert on sign language:
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ITN has found some previous footage:

Link:http://www.itv.com/news/story/2013-12-11/anger-as-mandela-memorial-deaf-interpreter-revealed-as-fake/

Sadly the media have reported 'Fake interpreter at (Mandela) memorial 'made up his own signs' say South Africa's deaf federation. Film clip and short...

Carl asked:

"Taking the gap" in Rhodesia started long before independence as Zimbabwe in 1980, partly due to the demands of military service, having a young family, some transferable assets,...

I'd nearly forgotten this plot:

Link:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24725177

From an unusual direction, the UK-based 'New Statesman' an article on the SANDF, with a sub-title:

Yes the budget has shrunk, but this example alone illustrates it is far more than money:
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A very different, detailed report by a long-time, respected South African military commentator; 40 pgs in an e-book:

Link:http://www.mampoer.co.za/helmoed-heitman/the-battle-in-bangui

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A very odd South African report, alleging AQ had training facilities in South Africa, which became untouchable and a surveillance operation was closed:
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The following passage is from a Reuters article on Chad's emergence as a regional power:

Link:http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE94707C20130508?irpc=932

In a BBC report on CAR this phrase:

This is odd, no strange.

Others are going in:

Link:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22197108

TV-PressPass asked two days ago:

This BBC report states the SANDF are to leave, although very little detail:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22025593

Those killed had a military funeral...

Hat tip to Zenpundit for Eeben Barlow's commentary 'Failing to Listen', which talks about the difficulties in getting intelligence accepted and touches upon what happened in the...