CURRICULUM VITAE
First Names : Martin Revayi
Surname : Rupiya
Date of Birth : 01 April 1953
Married + 3 :
Current Occupation : a) Senior Researcher/&
Wef 1 March 2003 b) MilAIDS Project Manager
Related Activities a) Visiting Senior Fellow: (Assoc. Prof), Rhodes University, Department of Politics & International Studies:
b) Visiting Senior Lecture; South African Defence and National War Colleges as well as Staff Colleges in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region.
Contacts: Email:
Tel : +2712346 9533 (o) +27126548717 (h)
Fax: +27124600998
Cell: 27-846548718 or 074 359 4931
Educational Quals : PhD University of Zimbabwe (UZ) (2001)
MA War Studies, Kings’ College London (1989-90)
BA Hons, Economics & History (UZ) (1986-88)
Dip War & Strategic Studies (Merit) - (1983-84)
Work Experience : a) Director & Senior Lecturer, Centre for Defence Studies (CDS) and Senior Lecturer, University of Zimbabwe, 1990 – 2002
e) Lieutenant Colonel (retired) Zimbabwe National Army, August 1989, last three senior appointments:
i. Grade One Staff Officer at Army Headquarters
ii. Director Army Manning & Records
iii. Commanded the Parachute Regiment
Academic achievements/publications:
Have organized/hosted several conferences in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa of academics, media, parliamentarians and civil society groups dealing with Parliamentary Oversight and Management of Defence and Security Sector as well as Seminars and research on HIV/AIDS in the Armed Forces.
A committee member of the African Security Sector Network (ASSN)
Lectured at 3 Universities for over 12 years [University of Zimbabwe; Witwatersrand and Rhodes in South Africa]. Received the 10 Years Long Service Certificate, UZ, in 2001. Subject areas: History of Warfare, Conflict & Strategic Studies, Civil Military Relations, Security & Defence Policy as well as Contemporary African Security Analysis at graduate and post-graduate levels. Have also supervised and marked 7 PhD theses and several MA theses on the same area.
As Director CDS, apart from organising Seminars and Conferences also established & Edited the Journal of Peace Conflict and Military Studies at CDS, UZ.
Moved to become a Senior Fellow with the Centre for Africa’s International Relations (CAIR), International Relations Department, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, July 2002.
Most recent consultations:
Consultant, Sudanese Foreign Ministry as part of Expert Group towards the establishing of an Strategic Studies Institute, Khartoum, Sep-Dec 2007. January 2008, working with UNAMIS HIV/AIDS Advisor: Lt. Col (ret.) Michael Munyuki on East African/Horn HIV/AIDS in Military and AU Peacekeeping project.
Consultant with Office of Special Adviser for Africa – UN – on Preparing Overview Paper on Conference on DDR and Stability in Africa – Kinshasa, DR Congo, 10-14 June 2007
Consultant, Team leader, on the Rehabilitation of child soldiers with special attention to girls in the Great Lakes countries of Burundi, Uganda, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo for the African Union (AU), Department of Peace & Security, UNDP, June-July 2005.
Summary: Attended and presented papers at over 50 international and local conferences, numerous TV interviews, newspaper articles and commentaries.
Summary of Publications includes: published, edited and co-edited 5 Books; 52 Chapters in Books, Refereed Journals and Book-Reviews and 7 items forthcoming.
Editor and co-Editor of 2 Books (forthcoming)
1. “Battle of the Foreskin,” Male Circumcision: Implications on African Armed Forces (editor), (Institute for Security Studies, Pretoria, 2008), 200pp.
2. Trends, Impact and Policy Development on HIV/AIDS in Africa, with Obijofor Aginam (UNU-Tokyo). Co-pub between ISS & UNU, Volumes 1 & 2.
1. Chapter in Book, “China and Africa, the Military Question?” in HSRC Project, Prof Roger Southall now with Wits. University.
2. Article in South African Army Journal, “Civil Military Relations Challenges with the emerging African Peace and Security Architecture?
3. (ISS Occasional Paper) President Sam Nujoma’s Legacy: Lessons for SADC
Books, published, edited and co-edited:
1. Editor Monograph et al, Civil Military Relations in Multiparty Democratic Tanzania: A Partnership between the State, Security Services and Civil Society (ISS, Pretoria)
2. 2006 (Ed), The Enemy Within: Southern African Militaries’ Quarter-Century Battle with HIV & AIDS, MilAIDS, Institute for Security Studies (ISS), Pretoria).
3. 2005 (Ed), Evolutions and Revolutions: A Contemporary History of Militaries in Southern Africa
4. 2005 with Al Venter and others: Renaissance and NEPAD-[The African Peer Review Mechanism]
5. 2004 et al: Guarding the Guardians: Parliamentary Oversight and Civil Military Relations: The Challenges for SADC (ISS, Pretoria).
6. 1998 Landmines in Zimbabwe: A Deadly Legacy (SAPES Books, Harare), pp. 1-87.
Chapters in Books
1. Martin Rupiya & Alfred Nhema, “A Regional Security Perspective from and for the Horn of Africa,” in Eds. Brauch, Hans Gunter et.al, Globalization & Environmental Challenges: Reconceptualizing Security in the 21st Century (Hexagon Series on Human & Environmental Security & Peace), Vol.3 (Berlin-Heidelberg, New York, 2008), Part VIII, Chapter 63, pp. 801-810
2. “Conflict in Africa: Future Challenges,” in Ed. Len le Roux South Army Vision 2020: Security Challenges Shaping the Future South Africa Army (ISS, Pretoria, 2007), pp. 83-92
3. Elections in the DR Cong: SADC, “Fighting for the heart and soul of a member state in the post conflict era? in Southern African Diaspora Review, Vol.1, Summer, 2006 (UK)
4. “Disarmament, Demobilization & Reintegration,” Chapter in the – Swiss Peace – Handbook on Peacekeeping, expected in September 2006
5. What We Know About HIV & AIDS in the Armed Forces in Southern Africa in African Security Review, (ISS)
6. 2006 Nuanced Security Sector Reform (SSR) in Tanzania: A Review of the Nyalali Commission, since 1992 in CMR in Multiparty Democratic Tanzania: A Partnership between the State, Security Services and Civil Society (ISS, Pretoria)
7. 2006 A Critique of the Efficacy towards Providing AID to Africa’s Peace & Security Agenda, in Reality of AID Report 2006, at http://www.realityofaid.org/roareport2006
8. 2005 with Festus B. Aboagye, Enhancing post-conflict democratic governance through effective Security Sector Reform in Liberia in Chapter 7, A Tortuous Road to Peace: The Dynamics of Regional, UN & International Humanitarian Intervention in Liberia, (ISS, Pretoria) pp. 249-280.
9. 2005 Damned If You Do and Damned If You Don’t: Implications of Expropriation in South Africa’s Land Reform Policy, Organisation of Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA), pp.
10. 2005 A perspective on the role of the military and its implications in A Report on the Zimbabwean Elections (The Institute for Reconciliation and Justice), pp. 59-73.
11. 2005 A Five-Year Survey of Civil Military Relations in Zimbabwe since 2000, in A Report on Elections in Zimbabwe (IRJ)
12. 2005 with Ana Leao, A military history of the Angolan Armed Forces from the 1960s on wards – as told by former combatants, Chapter 1, in Evolutions & Revolutions: A Contemporary History of Militaries in Southern Africa (ISS, Pretoria), pp. 7-42
13. Chapter 5, The Odd-Man Out: A History of the Malawi Army since July 1964, pp. 111-1134
14. Chapter 6, In defence of the ‘star and key of the Indian Ocean’: A Contemporary History of the Mauritian Police Force, pp. 135-154….,
15. Chapter 8, with Gwinyai Dzinesa, Promoting national reconciliation and regional integration: the Namibian Defence Force from 1990 – 2005, pp. 199 – 234…,
16. Chapter 10, with others, Caught between tradition and regional warfare: the Umbutfo Swaziland Defence Force since 1968…,
17. Chapter 13, with Knox Chitiyo, Tracking Zimbabwe’s political history: the Zimbabwe Defence Force from 1980-2005, pp. 331- 365 in Evolutions & Revolutions.
18. 2005 Contextualizing the role of the Military in Zimbabwe between 199 – 2004 in (eds) Brian Raftopoulos and Tyrone Savage, Zimbabwe: Injustice and Political Reconciliation (IRJ), pp. 79 – 99.
19. 2004 A Survey of Civil Military Relations (CMR) in the SADC sub-region, in CMR in Zambia: A Review of Contemporary History and Challenges of Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (ISS, Pretoria), pp. 17-26
20. with Jemima Njeri, An Evaluation of the post-Savimbi peace process in Angola since February 2002: The Victor’s Peace Treaty, in A Survey of CMR in SADC, pp. 95-108.
21. 2004 An African Perspective of the Reform of the Security Sector since the 1990s, in (eds) M. Rupiya et al, Guarding the Guardians: Parliamentary Oversight and CMR: the Challenges for SADC (ISS, Pretoria), pp. 3-16.
22. 2003 Security and Prison Research Reports, in Zimbabwe Human Development Report, UNDP Poverty Reduction Forum, pp. 61-63.
23. 2003 CMR in Zimbabwe – Is There A Threat? in (eds) Rocky Williams et. al, Ourselves to Know: CMR and Defence Transformation in Southern Africa (ISS, Pretoria), pp. 251-63.
24. 2003 and others, Governance in the Security Sector, in Beyond Structural Adjustment: the Institutional Context of African Development (Palgrave Macmillan), pp. 263-304
25. 2003 Zimbabwe in South Africa’s Foreign Policy: A Zimbabwean View, in South African Yearbook of International Affairs, (SA Institute for International Affairs (SAIIA) Johannesburg), pp. 161 – 170
26. 2002 A Political and Military Review of Zimbabwe’s involvement in the Second Congo War, in (ed) John F. Clark The African Stakes of the Congo War (Palgrave Macmillan, New York), pp. 93-108
27. 2001 The Democratic Republic of Congo: A Humanitarian Catastrophe Ignored?, in (ed) E. Sidiropoulos, A Continent Apart: Kosovo, Africa and Humanitarian Intervention (SAIIA, SA), pp. 143-150
28. 2001 with Dan Henk, Funding Defence: Challenges of Buying Military Capability in Sub-Saharan Africa, Army War College Strategy Studies Institute, Carlisle Barracks, USA, at http://stinet.dtic.mil/oai/oai? September, pp. 1-45.
29. 1998 Historical Context: War and Peace in Mozambique, in (eds) Jeremy Armon et al, International Review of Peace Initiatives – ACCORD – the Mozambican Peace Process in Perspective, Issue No. 3, pp. 69-78.
30. 1998 Water as a Security Issue in (eds) J. Cock and P. McKenzie From Defence to Development: Redirecting Military Resources in South Africa (David Philip, Cape Town), pp. 10-17
31. 1997 Post War Forces Restructuring in Southern Africa, in (eds) Bjoen Muller and Gavin Cawthra, Between Hope and Despair: Southern Africa’s Security (Dartmouth, London), pp. 69 – 78
32. 1995 Demobilization and Integration: ‘Operation Merger’ and the Zimbabwe National Army, 1980-1987 in (ed) Jakkie Cilliers Dismissed: Demobilisation and Reintegration of Former Combatants in Africa (Institute for Defence Policy (IDP), South Africa), pp. 27 - 34
33. Peacekeeping Operations: The Zimbabwean Experience, in (eds) Shaw Mark and Cilliers Jakkie South Africa and Peacekeeping in Africa Vol. 1 (IDP, SA), pp. 111 - 125
Refereed Articles in Journals and Occasional papers,
1. 2007 The Emergence and Context of Parliaments in Africa in Journal of Conflict Trends, pp. 10-14 at http://accord.org.za/ct/2007-1/CT1
2. 2006 An Examination of the role of the National Youth Service/Militia in Zimbabwe and its effect on the electoral process, 2001-2005, in Journal of African Elections: Special Issue on Zimbabwe’s 2005 General Election, Vol.4, Number 2, October 2005, pp-107-122.
3. 2005 UN Panel of Experts – A Peace Building Tool? (ISS, Occasional Paper, No. 112), pp. 1-10.
4. Food Aid: The Implications for Food Security in Africa, in African Security Review, Vol. 13, No.1, pp. 83-89
5. 2004 and others, The Way Forward in Networking the Networks: Supporting Regional Peace and Security Agendas in Africa in (eds) Ann M. Fitz-Gerald and A. Lala Global Facilitation Network for Security Sector Reform (Shrivenham), pp. 46-50
6. 2004 Refugees: Conflict Resolution and Peace-Building in Inter-Denominational Meeting of Bishops in Southern Africa (IMBISA)
7. Survival Strategies of White Commercial Farmers in Independent Zimbabwe, 1980-2002: A Conflict Resolution Compendium? Occasional Paper Vol. 3, Institute for Development Policy and Research, Ruhr, Bochum University, Germany, pp. 1-26
8. 2003 The Regional Economic Implications of Zimbabwe’s Involvement in the DR Congo? in (ed) Mario Zamponi, the Journal of African Conflicts and the Mediterranean Area (Bologna University, Italy), pp. 80 - 94
9. 2003 Militarism & Youth Service, Lessons for South Africa, in Youth Development Journal, 13th Edition, pp. 45-52
10. 2002 Eight Years of Tension, Misperception and Dependence: April 1994 to December 2002, Zimbabwe – South Africa Foreign Relations: A Zimbabwean Perspective, in Journal of International Relations, Alternatives, Vol.1, No.4, pp. 1-9 at http://www.alternativesjournal.com/rupiya.htm
11. 2001 Assassination of President Laurent Desire Kabila and its implications? in the Conflict, Security & Development Group, Bulletin, Issue No. 9, (Centre for Defence Studies, Kings’ College London), pp. 1-3
12. 2000 CMR in Zimbabwe – Is There A Threat? in Working Paper Series, No.1, Centre for Defence Studies (CDS), University of Zimbabwe, pp. 1-12
13. 2000 with Gerald Mazarire, Two Wrongs Do Not Make A Right: A Critical Assessment of Zimbabwe’s Demobilisation and Reintegration Programmes, 1980-2000, in Journal of Peace, Conflict and Military Studies, pp. 69 - 80
14 1999 Southern Africa in Water Crisis: A Case Study of the Pangara River Water Shortage, 1987-1996: Towards a Resource Based Conflict Management and Resolution Perspective, in the African Journal on Conflict Resolution, Vol.1, No. 1, pp. 53-76
15. 1997 The Bakara Market Arms Clearance Operation of 1993: The Zimbabwe National Army in Somalia, in International Peacekeeping, Vol.4, No.1, Spring, pp. 115-121
16. 1996 “The Expanding Torrent”: British Military Assistance to the Southern African region, in African Security Review, Vol. 5, No.4, pp. 51-59
17. 1995 A History of Internment Camps and Refugee Settlement, in Southern Rhodesia, 1938 circa 1952, in Zambezia, the Journal of the University of Zimbabwe, Vol. 22, No. i, pp 137 - 152
18. 1995 A Historical Study of Landmines in Zimbabwe, 1963-1995, in Zambezia, XXII (i), pp. 63 - 78
Book Reviews
1. (forthcoming )ISS ASR) 2008 Eds. Terrence Lyons & Gilbert M. Khadiagala Conflict Management and African Politics: Ripeness, bargaining and mediation: Security and Conflict Management (Routledge, London).
2. 2006 The last 100 Days of Abacha: Political drama in Nigeria under one of Africa’s most corrupt and brutal military dictatorships, Olusegun Adeniyi (Book House, Lagos, Nigeria, 2005) in African Security Review, ISS, Vol.15, No.1, pp. 128-132
3. 2005 The Role of the Military in Zimbabwe’s political crisis, ASR, ISS, Vol.14, No.3, pp. 117-118
4. 2005 The European Union and South Africa, (eds) Dani Venter and Ernst Nueland in ASR Vol.13, No.4, ISS, pp. 140-145
5. 2004 Assessing the Stability Pact for the Great Lakes, in African Security Review, ISS, Vol.13, No.4, pp. 127-132
6. 2004 Armament and Disarmament South Africa’s Nuclear Weapons Experience by Hannes Steyn, Richardt Van Der Walt and Jan Van Loggerenberg in ASR, ISS, Vol.13, No.1, pp. 121-125
7. 2002 The Story of My Life by Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo (London, Methuen, 1984) in Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review, Vol. XVIII, No.2, pp. 83-89
8. 2000 From the Barrel of the Gun – the United States and the War Against Zimbabwe, 1965-1980 by Gerald Horne (Chapel Hill, University of Carolina Press), in Journal of Peace, Conflict and Military Studies, Vol. 1, No.2, pp. 1-6 at http://www.uz.ac.zw/units/cds/journal/volume1/number2/reviews