The South African Army is the principal land warfare force of South Africa, a part of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), along with the South African Air Force, South African Navy and South African Military Health Service. The Army is commanded by the Chief of the Army, who is subordinate to the Chief of the SANDF.

South Africa has a number of Traditional Regiments. These are mostly South African Army Reserve Force (formerly Citizen Force) regiments that were established either under previous colonial governments or by the Apartheid regime and which have continued to exist by accepting the authority of the government-of-the-day - be it colonial, union (i ...

The South African Defence Force (SADF) (Afrikaans: Suid-Afrikaanse Weermag) comprised the armed forces of South Africa from 1957 until 1994. Shortly before the state reconstituted itself as a republic in 1961, the former Union Defence Force was officially succeeded by the SADF, which was established by the Defence Act (No. 44) of 1957.

2011年3月30日 · The defence force was used in the first and second South African War of the 1870s and 1899 respectively, the 1914 Rebellion, both World Wars. In 1914, under British directive, South Africa occupied German South West Africa with 43 000 soldiers.

General Information on Military Records in South Africa [1] The personnel records generally consist of a service card and a personal file (for officers there is usually also an officer’s file). The service cards provide details such as the force number, name and surname, religion, next of kin, medal entitlement and a short cryptic summary of ...

With the beginning of the bush war on the northern border with Angola, 1966 marked a turning point in the development of security forces on the territory of South West Africa because the functions of the police and defence force not only changed, but also expanded considerably.

SA Army unit histories 1 SA Infantry Division 1 The division was formed on August 13, 1940 at the South African Military College at Roberts’ Heights (now Thaba Tshwane), Pretoria. The formation demobilised in South Africa in January 1943 as part of a plan to form two armoured divisions. The divisional commanders were:

Before 1910 and the constitution of the Union of South Africa by General Jan Smuts, there was no proper South African army, except for some independent Boer militias, on horseback for the most, who preferred guerrilla warfare and distrusted the discipline of large standing armies.

The cornerstone of today's South African Army was laid in 1912, two years after South Africans 'regained' control of the country since the Anglo Boer War. General Louis Botha was the leader of the country at the time and under General Jan Smuts the spade work was done to establish South Africa's own defence system.

The South African (SA) Army’s history can be traced back to 1912, when South Africa’s first defence force was established.