SA Army Seminar 21

The SA Army Seminar 21, held in November 2006, served as a 'reality check' for the SA Army Vision 2020. Featuring international speakers from the USA, UK, Australia, and Africa, the seminar addressed global and internal security challenges and land operations. The event confirmed requirements for personnel, technology, and doctrine, and the SA Army plans to make the seminar a biennial event to foster collective security in Africa.

• The SA Army Seminar 21 was held on 1 and 2 November 2006 to validate and enhance the 'SA Army Vision 2020' and the 'SA Army Strategy 2020' by ensuring they addressed all future security challenges.
• Guest speakers at the seminar included academics and military practitioners from South Africa, the United States of America, Australia, the United Kingdom, and other African countries.
• The seminar covered global, continental, and internal security challenges, focusing on land operations within integrated, joint, multinational, inter-agency, and interdepartmental contexts, as well as the role of technology.
• The presentations confirmed future requirements for the SA Army in several specific areas: personnel, organisation, training, education, doctrine, facilities, information and technology, and materiel requirements for force support and employment.
• The SA Army intends to transform the seminar into a biennial event, expanding invitations to include SADC, regional security organisations in Africa, academic institutions, defence-related industries, and other government departments to enhance collective security in Africa and southern Africa.

APA

Institute for Security Studies (n.d.). SA Army Seminar 21. https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/PREF2020.PDF

Chicago

Institute for Security Studies. SA Army Seminar 21. n.d. https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/PREF2020.PDF.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{instituteforsecuritystudiesndarmy, author = {{Institute for Security Studies}}, title = {{SA Army Seminar 21}}, institution = {Institute for Security Studies}, url = {https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/PREF2020.PDF}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }