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  • Thou west from hostile onset shield and firm defence,

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • The United States 'principal deputy under secretary for defence,

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2007

  • Dlamini Zuma's delegation would include the minister of defence,

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2004

  • “But, noble knights,” exclaimed Father Ambrose, amidst the bustle and confusion occasioned by the preparations for defence,

    Ivanhoe 2004

  • Now that the time had come for him to mount a proper defence,

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2003

  • The land-locked country's Principal-Secretary for defence,

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2002

  • It was clear that the ANC's decision in the committee was the result of direct intervention by Cabinet, particularly the ministers of foreign affairs, safety and security, and defence,

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2001

  • It rebuffed a claim by Kabila's minister delegate for defence,

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2001

  • They include: availability of information as to what constitutes breach of discipline, through widespread distribution of our constitution and code of conduct to members and cadres; written notice to the person affected and a reasonable opportunity to make his/her defence,

    Women Marching into the African Century 2001

  • The chairman of parliament's joint portfolio committee on defence,

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1994

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