Pretorius, Joelien2012-10-312012-10-312008Pretorius, J. (2008). Redefining defence in the post-apartheid security imaginary: The politics of meaning-fixing. Journal for Contemporary History. 33(2): 35-560285-2422http://hdl.handle.net/10566/454This article traces the politics of meaning-fixing with respect to the role of the defence force as apartheid declined from the mid-1980s, as it was negotiated from a current to a past organising principle of the “security imaginary” in the period 1990 to 1994 and as the post-apartheid period commenced after the 1994 elections.enCopyright University of Free State. Permission was granted for inclusion of this article in the Repository.DefenceSecurityPost-apartheidArticle