South African Defence Since 1994

Professional Military Education and Training: Challenges Facing the South African Military

“…61 A senior army general pointed out that the writing of doctrine in the SANDF in general and in the SA Army in particular is impeded by the lack of strategic guidance from the political environment on what is required from the military in future. There is an absence of a clear governmental security policy, 62 while operationalising idealised political ideas like human and collaborative security into concrete military concepts and roles also represents a problem. The result makes it difficult to identify clearly what the military should prepare for in future.…”