George Civil Defence Girls – Paul Els

A5, 192p.

A tribute to the 1971 intake 50 years ago.

In 1971 history was made when the Civil Defence College was established in George. This was initiated by Mr. P.W. Botha, then Minister of Defence. A group of 128 young, post-matric girls were selected to undergo Civil Defence training, consisting of First- and Home Aid, Telecommunication, Driving and Maintenance, Character Development and basic military training.

This book is dedicated to those first 128 girls, and those who came after them, up to 1994. After 1994, the name of the College was changed to the SA Women’s College, and the training was focused on the training of women for the SANDF.