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National Security: South Africa

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African Security Review (Pretoria) (http://www.iss.co.za/Publications/Asrindex.html)
Quarterly journal of the Institute for Security Studies, Pretoria, South Africa.; includes full text articles. Also lists the Institute=s publications, research projects, membership information, etc.

Army Talk (http://moo.sun.ac.za/mailman/listinfo/armytalk/)
A discussion list on the South African military. Subscribe on the web site or send email to: armytalk-request@moo.sun.ac.za with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject.

CIA -- The World Factbook (https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html)
An annual publication of the CIA, contains up-to-date information on all aspects of the political, social and military history of a particular country.

Federation of American Scientists (http://www.fas.org)
The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) “is the oldest organization dedicated to ending the worldwide arms race, achieving complete nuclear disarmament, and avoiding the use of nuclear weapons for any purpose.” Whatever one’s views are on its goals, a search of the site yields valuable information on a country’s armament found only with difficulty elsewhere.

Final Acts: A Guide to Preserving the Records of Truth Commissions
(http://www.wilsoncenter.org/press/peterson_finalacts.pdf)
Dr. Trudy Huskamp Peterson. Final Acts: A Guide to Preserving the Records of Truth Commissions (Washington, DC: Woodrow Wilson Center Press; Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005. 128 p.) Available in pdf version, this work is a guide to questions of law, politics, physical preservation, and access regarding materials generated by the 20 truth commissions that have completed the work of examining and reporting on the abuses of deposed regimes.

Jane's Defence (Coulsdon, Surrey, U.K.) (http://www.janes.com/defence/)
Provides country risk assessments; some articles and interviews available on non-subscription basis.

Journal of Humanitarian Assistance (http://www.jha.ac/)
Published at the Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford, Bradford, U.K., this site may be searched for articles in the journal concerning a particular country.

South Africa. Department of Defence (http://www.mil.za)
Official site; links to bulletins, annual reports, publications, articles, press releases, other related sites.

South African Internet Resources (http://www.anc.org.za/sanet.html)
Extensive coverage of all topics. Links to all levels of government, national, regional, international associations, societal and environmental issues, etc.

South African Military History Society (http://rapidttp.com/milhist/)
Provides links to related books, museums, tour guides of battlefields, book dealers specializing in military subjects, diaries from the Boer War through WWI, other military history sites.

South African Military Units (http://www.justdone.co.za/SAMU/)
Ongoing database, searchable by units, wars, battle honors; also provides database statistics and lists resources.

South African Police (http://www.saps.org.za/)
The annual strategic plan, 2002 antiterrorism bill, safety tips, crime information/statistics, crime prevention, a kiddies corner, links to related sites.

South African War Virtual Library (http://www.sawvl.com)
Presents maps, photographs, biographies, chronology, diary entries and letters; links to related sites such as museums and online databases.

Southern Africa Report Archive (http://www.africafiles.org/sar.asp)
Posted on AfricaFiles, the full text of articles published in Southern Africa Report are provided,from Volume 8 Number 1 (July 1992) to Volume 15 Number 4 (October 2000), mainly covering South Africa, Mozambique, Angola, Zimbabwe, Namibia, but also Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Malawi, Zambia, Tanzania and Congo (Zaire). The magazine (1985-2000) was published by the Toronto Committee for the Liberation of Southern Africa (TCLSAC) that later became the Toronto Committee for Links between Southern Africa and Canada (TCLSAC).

Southern African Centre for Defence Information (SACDI) (http://ccrweb.ccr.uct.ac.za/)
Links to defense-related working papers and briefs.

Southern African Development Community (SADC) (http://www.sadc.int/)
Offers information on the regional development projects and the integration of the economies of member states of Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Southern African Military Webring (http://lib.sun.ac.za/SAMIL/)
Central page linking numerous Southern African military web pages; links to over 80 military sites including South African military history; provides brief annotations as to content and quality of each site.

UNRISD On-Line (U.N. Research Institute for Social Development) (http://www.unrisd.org/)
“UNRISD carries out research on the social dimensions of contemporary problems affecting development. Through its research, UNRISD stimulates dialogue and contributes to policy debates within and outside the United Nations system."

USNI Military Database-Africa (http://www.periscopeone.com/index1.shtml)
Defense information.

Unofficial SADF Information Page (http://www.geocities.com/odjobman/index.htm)
"This is a venue for the re-publication of information relating to the relatively recent history of the South African Defence Force. Although this material had been published elsewhere, this is often in relatively obscure or hard to find places." Site has selected personal accounts of military personnel who served in the South African Defence Force; some photographs.

Welcome to Africa. No- the Index on Africa (http://afrika.no/)
Links to news, information, annotated resources on African countries. Sponsored by the Norwegian Council for Africa.

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