Military Social Work in the South African National Defence Force

Pre-deployment preparation of military nurses of the South African National Defence Force for participation in peace support operations.

BACKGROUND South Africa has dedicated itself to participate in peace support operations (PSOs). The concept of 'jointness', involving different arms of services, was adopted within the South African National Defence Force, thus involving nurses in PSOs. PROBLEM STATEMENT Combat-readiness being a prerequisite for those involved in PSOs raised questions as to the readiness of forces to particip...

The South African Defence Force physical training programme. Part I. Effect of 1 year's military training on endurance fitness.

The effect of the South African Defence Force's (SADF) military training on the endurance fitness of recruits was investigated. Pre-military training maximal O2 consumption (53,14 ml/kg/min) did not change significantly during the study. In contrast, lactate turnpoint (ml O2/kg/min) and treadmill performance time were moderately enhanced (7,5% and 8% respectively; P less than 0,05) by the initi...

EDUCATIoN IN THE PRE-1994 SoUTH AFRICAN DEFENCE FoRCE AND THE INTEgRATED REVoLUTIoNARY ARMIES

Social Work in a Military Hospital

Psychiatry decided to train selected A.T.S. Officers as Military Social Workers in various psychiatric hospitals. The following is a brief survey of the work done since that time till March, 1946, in the largest military hospital dealing with psychoneurotic cases. The range of cases dealt with has been varied but marital and family difficulties have been amongst the most frequent and difficult....

The Effect of South African Geopolitical Position in the Development of Cinema in South Africa

This paper will discuss about the role of the geopolitical location of South Africa in the development of movie and the cinema industry in this country. Despite of bringing ci-nema to South Africa by white Europeans, but the development of this phenomenon is mostly due to the geopolitical position of this country. It is interesting to know that ci-nema reached Africa in much the same time as it...