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Jan 30, 1930 Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa Died on 18 Jul 2011 (aged 81)
South African army general and Cabinet minister
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About Magnus Malan
- General Magnus André de Merindol Malan, (30 January 1930 – 18 July 2011) was a pivotal military man and politician during the last years of apartheid in South Africa.
- He served respectively as Minister of Defence in the cabinet of President P.
- W.
- Botha, Chief of the South African Defence Force (SADF), and Chief of the South African Army.
- Rising quickly through the lower ranks, he was appointed to strategic command positions.
- His tenure as chief of the defence force saw it increase in size, efficiency and capabilities.
- As P.W.
- Botha's cabinet minister, he posited a total communist onslaught, for which an encompassing national strategy was devised.
- This entailed placing policing, intelligence and aspects of civic affairs under control of generals.
- The ANC and Swapo were branded as terrorist organizations, while splinter groups (UNITA, RENAMO and LLA) were bolstered in neighbouring and Frontline States.
- Cross-border raids targeted suspected bases of insurgents or activists, while at home the army entered townships from 1984 onwards to stifle unrest.
- Elements in the Inkhata Freedom Party were used as a proxy force, and rogue soldiers and policemen in the CCB assassinated opponents.
