At this time, the Head of Defence was a devoted Nationalist named Oswald Pirow, and he used the tensions brewing in the Northern Hemisphere as a good excuse to shore up South Africa's military defenses.
Ka nako eo, Tlhogo ya Lefapha la Tshireletso e ne ele le-Nationalist le le golo eleng Oswald Pirow, mme o ne a dirisa dikgotlhang tse di tsogang kwa Northern Hemisphere jaaka maipato a mantle a go isa sesole sa Afrika Borwa kwa setlhaketlhakeng.