Soldiers
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Build soldiers capacity to combat the HIV epidemic
On the same day we commemorated World Aids Day 2024, I was at the vigil of a former classmate and fallen soldier who died of HIV related illnesses in Kenya. Amid the sadness of…
Media crackdown in Burkina Faso intensifies
More foreign news outlets are gagged over massacre reports accusing soldiers of killing at least 223 people in revenge attacks in February
Brash photographer Ernest Cole revisited
House of Bondage: The book that shocked the world
Women still considered a threat to military effectiveness and warrior spirit
But there is evidence that women’s voices can no longer be ignored in the armed forces – meaning that gender is now firmly on the agenda as never before
Army vets who responded to call for reserves during July unrest still unpaid
‘The whole operation … was a process of confusion and a total lack of command … and control’
Soweto businesses vandalised, robbed as looting and violence spreads
The pillaging and destruction, which started in KwaZulu-Natal in reaction to former president Jacob Zuma’s incarceration, has been hijacked by residents and non-ANC members
Culture of sexual abuse rife in SANDF
Rape, kidnapping and victim-blaming are endemic and perpetrators protected, report finds
Conflict until the cows come home
Climate change and civil war are escalating tensions between South Sudan’s herders and crop farmers, who are competing over land
Why is the US chasing ‘Congolese rebels’ in the Northern Cape?
In many ways, the two armies are miles apart but they face many similar challenges
Memories of black South African soldiers who bore arms and fought in War II
A filmmaker spoke to black South African World War II vets who told of being armed and fighting at El Alamein.
Why South Africa’s GI Janes have to tough it out and conform to masculine norms
Equal in word but not deed, South Africa’s female soldiers are forced to conform to masculine norms
Campaign of errors
With its confusing title and sloppy research, this book on the ECC is not worth soldiering through.
Pimples: Dude, where’s my CAR?
CAR reject François Bozizé and President Jacob Zuma encounter a heap of technical difficulties in the land of bandits and bromance.
Politics Need to Know: Why have our soldiers died in CAR?
This week: the death of South Africa’s soldiers in the Central African Republic and renewed calls for Communications Minister Dina Pule to be sacked.
Malema soldiers on
Malema addressed disgruntled soldiers who were placed on special leave and used the opportunity to take a dig at Jacob Zuma and the ANC