New security thinking: defence and societal transformation in South Africa
Abstract
English: New security thinking, with its specific focus on human security, is different from
earlier perspectives, which focused primarily on state security. In South Africa, state
security is no longer threatened by conventional threats. With new challenges such
as global poverty, unemployment and economic decline, the needs of people are addressed
as much as those of the state or military strategy. An expansive approach to
the concept of human security has been infused in all domestic policies. Human security
includes the satisfaction of the basic needs of life, and encompasses the creation of the
social, political, economic, military, environmental and cultural conditions necessary for
survival, human rights and good governance. Afrikaans: Nuwe denke oor sekuriteit, met die fokus spesifiek op menslike sekuriteit, verskil
van vorige uitgangspunte wat hoofsaaklik op staatsekuriteit gefokus het. In Suid-Afrika
word staatsekuriteit nie meer bedreig deur konvensionele gevare nie. Met nuwe uitdagings
soos wêreldwye armoede, werkloosheid en ekonomiese agteruitgang word
die behoeftes van mense, net soos behoeftes van die staat en militêre strategie, in ag
geneem. ’n Uitgebreide benadering tot die konsep menslike sekuriteit is ingebed in
alle interne beleidstukke. Menslike sekuriteit sluit in die bevrediging van basiese
lewensbehoeftes en dit omvat die skepping van die sosiale, politieke, ekonomiese, militêre,
omgewings- en kulturele toestande wat nodig is vir oorlewing, menseregte en
goeie regering.
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