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1. The French and the kingdom of Lesotho : historical links and present-day challenges / David P. Ambrose. - 15 S.; 2. Bibliography of French language books, theses and manuscripts on Lesotho / David P. Ambrose. - 16 S.; 3. Le mouvement anti-apartheid francais / Antoine Bouillon. - 7 S.; 4. La France et les matieres premieres de l'Afrique australe / Philippe Chalmin. - 10 S.; 5. Les Francais, l'Afrique du sud / Marianne Cornevin. - 24 S.; 6. France - Afrique du sud : l'elephant blanc ou mouton noir? / Dominique Darbon. - 28 S.; 7. La France et les Etats de la Southern Africa Development Coordination Conference / Marie-Helene Deval. - 21 S.; 8. From the early French explorers to the myth of the French Huguenot in the South African culture / Vernon February. - 24 S.; 9. Namibia and the contact group : a failure in Western diplomacy / Peter Katjavivi. - 56 S.; 10. Les Francais en Afrique centre-australe portugaise (ca. 1840 - 1914) / Rene Pelissier. - 23 S.; 11. La perception de l'Afrique du sud par les agents economiques francais / Patrice Verre. - 15 S.; 12. The Rev. Pierre Simond : 'Lost Leader' of the Huguenots at the Cape of Good Hope / Randolph Vigne. - 18 S

The regional powerhouse, South Africa, has since the introduction of the nonracial democratic dispensation in 1994, played a central and important role in the formation of both the regional and continental security architecture. With the establishment of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in 1992, one of the central areas of collaboration for the community was envisioned to be security, understood within a broadened human security framework. Security was therefore from the outset one of the cornerstones of integration in the SADC. It was believed that the formation of a security community would help dismantle the enmities that had plagued regional relations during the apartheid era. For some parties, institutionalisation of relations pointed to a means of stabilising and disseminating a particular order. Such institutions depict the power relations prevailing at the time of their establishment, which, however, can change over time (Cox 1981:136). The integration ambition surrounding security correlated with the ambitions of South Africa, the new democratic government in the regional powerhouse. South Africa and its overall foreign policy ambitions desired the pursuit of peace, democracy and stability for economic growth and development in the region and within South Africa itself. Since South Africa's acceptance into the SADC in 1994, the organisation has attempted to set up the required institutional framework to enable co-operation on security, both in terms of narrow military co-operation and regarding designated 2 softer security issues, such as migration and cross-border crime. The military cooperation moved forward in the early years after 1994 with the 1996 decision of creating an Organ for Politics, Defence and Security Co-operation (OPDSC)1 and later the signing of the Mutual Defence Pact (MDP) in 2003, and eventually the creation of the Strategic Indicative Plan for the Organ (SIPO) in 2004, which operationalised the OPDSC (SADC 2004). However, the actual military cooperation, e.g. military exercises, came close to a standstill. Several developments obstructed military co-operation of which the evolving crisis in Zimbabwe and the subsequent withdrawal of donor support to, for instance, the Regional Peacekeeping Training Centre (RPTC) in Harare are but two examples. The RPTC constituted the backbone of the co-operation, but political differences between member states illustrated during the Zimbabwean crisis and following the mandate of the interventions in especially the DR Congo and partly Lesotho in 1998 all contributed to regional tensions.2 Despite the crisis, SADC members, and in particular South Africa, declared that the organisation would be able to form a regional stand-by brigade for the use of the African Union (AU) as part of its wider security architecture. On 17 August 2007, the SADC declared its stand-by-force operational at a large parade in Lusaka, Zambia and at the same occasion signed a memorandum of understanding on the SADCBRIG (SADC 2007). According to the timeline provided by the AU, the brigade should be fully operational by June 2010. Former South African deputy foreign minister Aziz Pahad stated after the launch that this was an important step, but that now there was much to be done securing joint levels and types of training, interoperability, etc. (Pahad 2007). The question that continues to linger is to what extent this brigade is operational and for what purpose. Is this new regional military formation in its present form just a paper tiger, or is it "real progress" and an example of "successful" regional cooperation and integration? This article scrutinises the security co-operation and integration in SADC and asks whether an apparent lack of common values between SADC member states are blocking the security integration process, the creation of a security community, and thereby the establishment of an effective stand-by brigade, the so-called SADCBRIG. The article furthermore attempts to scrutinise the role played by South Africa in establishing the SADCBRIG.

Council of Ministers, Eleventh Ordinary Session, Algiers, September 1968 ; This is an internal auditors report on overpayment of US$93,000.00 made to the Law Firm handling the South West Africa case. The report investigates the details of the financial transactions made to the Law Firm by the Government of Liberia.

International audience ; In the current socio-political situation in sub-Saharan Africa, South Africa stands out as an exception. The South African miracle continues: democratization, improvement of life conditions for the poor, and a healthy economic situation. Indeed, in comparison to what is happening throughout the continent, the situation of South Africa is drawing to optimism. At the same time, questions are arising when facing a simple "normalization" in South Africa that is far from the ideals of the early 90s. This paradox is the essence of this article. ; Dans le contexte socio-politique actuel de l'Afrique subsaharienne, l'Afrique du Sud fait figure d'exception. C'est que le miracle sud-africain se poursuit : démocratisation, amélioration des conditions de vie des plus pauvres et situation économique saine. Certes, au regard de ce qui se passe dans le reste du continent la situation sud-africaine pousse à l'optimisme. Mais dans le même temps des interrogations se font jour face à ce qui peut sembler une simple « normalisation » de l'Afrique du Sud bien éloignée des idéaux du début des années 1990. C'est le paradoxe de cette double tendance qu'explore l'article.

International audience ; In the current socio-political situation in sub-Saharan Africa, South Africa stands out as an exception. The South African miracle continues: democratization, improvement of life conditions for the poor, and a healthy economic situation. Indeed, in comparison to what is happening throughout the continent, the situation of South Africa is drawing to optimism. At the same time, questions are arising when facing a simple "normalization" in South Africa that is far from the ideals of the early 90s. This paradox is the essence of this article. ; Dans le contexte socio-politique actuel de l'Afrique subsaharienne, l'Afrique du Sud fait figure d'exception. C'est que le miracle sud-africain se poursuit : démocratisation, amélioration des conditions de vie des plus pauvres et situation économique saine. Certes, au regard de ce qui se passe dans le reste du continent la situation sud-africaine pousse à l'optimisme. Mais dans le même temps des interrogations se font jour face à ce qui peut sembler une simple « normalisation » de l'Afrique du Sud bien éloignée des idéaux du début des années 1990. C'est le paradoxe de cette double tendance qu'explore l'article.

International audience ; In the current socio-political situation in sub-Saharan Africa, South Africa stands out as an exception. The South African miracle continues: democratization, improvement of life conditions for the poor, and a healthy economic situation. Indeed, in comparison to what is happening throughout the continent, the situation of South Africa is drawing to optimism. At the same time, questions are arising when facing a simple "normalization" in South Africa that is far from the ideals of the early 90s. This paradox is the essence of this article. ; Dans le contexte socio-politique actuel de l'Afrique subsaharienne, l'Afrique du Sud fait figure d'exception. C'est que le miracle sud-africain se poursuit : démocratisation, amélioration des conditions de vie des plus pauvres et situation économique saine. Certes, au regard de ce qui se passe dans le reste du continent la situation sud-africaine pousse à l'optimisme. Mais dans le même temps des interrogations se font jour face à ce qui peut sembler une simple « normalisation » de l'Afrique du Sud bien éloignée des idéaux du début des années 1990. C'est le paradoxe de cette double tendance qu'explore l'article.