April - Department of Defence

The Director has served as co-editor
of international books on security,
such as Protecting sub-Saharan
Africa: the Military Challenge, and
Managing African Conflicts: the
Challenge of Military Intervention
to which Cemis members have
contributed extensively.
International co-operation
In order to enhance the exchange
of security analysis for the DOD and
to respond to invitations to present
papers, Cemis has obtained the support
of the DOD to conduct a series of
research and fact-finding missions to
foreign establishments, most of these
being military academic institutions.
In addition to military institutions in
Western European countries, such as
Britain, France, the Netherlands,
Denmark, Germany and Austria,
members of Cemis have undertaken
projects in the United States at
institutions, such as the US Military
Academy at West Point, in Canada at
the Royal Military College in
Kingston and in Nigeria at the
National War College and the Centre
for Peace and Conflict Research in
Abudja, and the National Institute for
Policy and Strategic Studies in Kuru.
In Amman in Jordan, as part of a
delegation of the SA National
Defence College, Cemis co-operated
with the Royal Jordanian War
College. In Beijing, in the People's
Republic of China, Cemis was a guest
at the Headquarters of the General
Staff of the Chinese People's
Liberation Army and, inter alia, at the
Academy for Military Science and at
the Chinese Space Corporation; and,
in Badalieng, at 6 Armour Division.
Valuable information on security
trends has been and is currently being
exchanged internationally.
Appreciation
Among the tokens of appreciation
that the University of Stellenbosch
has received for the services of the
Centre for Military Studies, is that
from Gen Nyanda. At a function during
which he received a recent study
conducted by Cemis, he said, inter
alia: "The Centre for Military Studies
of the University of Stellenbosch is
one of the most important components
of the DOD, since it has become
our primary source of strategic
research. It is the findings of this
institution that guide our forward
strategic planning and the research of
security trends undertaken by other
Defence Force members.
The main focal points of current
research deal extensively with matters
of intense interest and great value to
me and the members of our integrated
headquarters. The issues already
addressed by Cemis have had a
profound influence on our progress
and development as the shield of the
nation."
Lt Gen Godfrey Ngwenya, Chief of Joint Operations (right), and a previous
Chairperson of Cemis, during the presentation of a copy of the Cemis study
Managing African Conflicts: the Challenge of Military Intervention to
Dr Volker Tutenberg, Chief Librarian of the most comprehensive military
scientific library in Europe at the German Academy for Information and
Communication in Straussberg, east of Berlin.
R Adm Rolf Hauter, the Chairperson of Cemis (middle), discussing the priorities
for projects with Moses Khanyile, Director Planning and Programming,
and Capt Sethu Lubisi, a Cemis specialist on African security.
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