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defenceWeb Written by defenceWeb - General Rudzani Maphwanya. Rudzani Maphwanya was born on 23 November 1960 in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. He completed his secondary schooling at the Mphaphuli High School in Limpopo in 1978 and shortly thereafter joined Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the military wing of the African National Congress. Maphwanya’s MK military career spanned from 1978 to 1994 during which time he had trained at various institutions on the African continent and abroad. Maphwanya was officially integrated into the South African National Defence Force in 1994. To add, he co...

The Senior Command and Staff Course (SCSC) 9 or Rwanda Defense Forces(RDF) undertakes a four days RPA Liberation War Study Tour and Allied Officers familiarization tour as part of Military History Module, from 15 to 18 April 2021. The purpose of the tour is to gain knowledge on the planning and conduct of the RPA Liberation War and understand the key elements which led to victory for local Students and to broaden the Allied Officers understanding of the recent history of Rwanda including the Genocide against the Tutsi. Such knowledge will enable officers to emulate and uphold the values of re...

Kakrr’ was the sound of a machine-gun being cocked for action, and “arretez-vous” was the French command or order, “Stop or halt!” I shall return to my experience in Guinea-Conakry in 1990.

defenceWeb Written by defenceWeb - Brigadier General Gerhard Kamffer. The man who drove and successfully concluded the renaming of SA Army Reserve Force units and was also instrumental in adding value to this component of the national part-time military corps appears to be past his sell-by date. A 17 February SA National Defence Force (SANDF) Bulletin, in addition to numerous promotions to the rank of brigadier general, also carried a number of transfers. One of these was that Brigadier General Gerhard Kamffer, Director SA Army Reserves, would from 1 March be Director: Project Koba-Tlala. Th...

“I, Chester Clyde Williams, do solemnly and sincerely affirm and declare that I will bear true faith and allegiance to Belize and will uphold the Belize Constitution and the law and that I will conscientiously, impartially and to the best of my ability discharge my duties as Commissioner of Police and do right to all manner of people without fear of favor, affection or ill will. So help me God.” It was with that declaration before His Lordship Kenneth Benjamin that Chester Williams became the 13th Belizean Police Commissioner at the National Police Training Academy in Belmopan last Wednes...