History of the Journal

History of the Journal

The history of the journal spans more than forty years.  It was first published in 1969 as an in-house journal of the South African Defence Force under the auspices of the military archive division of the Department of Defence.  At the time, it was called Militaria. In 1997 it was relocated to the Military Academy and Stellenbosch University’s Faculty of Military Science.  Since 1998 it has been a peer-reviewed Department of Higher Education accredited journal.  All the articles published since its inception in 1969 are available online at