SA Army Seminar 21

SA Army Seminar 21, held in November 2006, brought together international academics and military practitioners to conduct a 'reality check' on the SA Army Vision 2020. The seminar addressed internal, continental, and global security challenges, focusing on land operations within integrated and multinational contexts. The findings are being used to amend the SA Army Strategy 2020, specifically regarding personnel, training, doctrine, and technology.

• SA Army Seminar 21 was convened on 1 and 2 November 2006 to evaluate whether the SA Army Vision 2020 adequately addressed future security challenges and to provide amendments to the SA Army Strategy 2020 where gaps were identified.
• The seminar's discussions covered global, continental, and internal security challenges, with a specific emphasis on land operations conducted in joint, multinational, inter-agency, and interdepartmental contexts.
• The seminar confirmed the necessity of future requirements for the SA Army in several key areas, including personnel, organisation, training, education, doctrine, facilities, information, technology, and materiel 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, government departments, academic institutions, and defence-related industries to improve 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} }