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  2. South African Defence Force - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Commando System (South Africa) - Wikipedia

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    1 Mission. 2 History. Toggle History subsection. 2.1 Origin. 3 Commando system structure in the UDF, SADF and SANDF. Toggle Commando system structure in the UDF, SADF ...

  4. South African National Defence Force - Wikipedia

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    In 1994, the SANDF took over the personnel and equipment from the SADF and integrated forces from the former Bantustan homelands forces, [7]: 5 as well as personnel from the former guerrilla forces of some of the political parties involved in South Africa, such as the African National Congress's Umkhonto we Sizwe, the Pan Africanist Congress's ...

  5. South African Army Infantry Formation - Wikipedia

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    Old SADF Republic Defence Force Infantry Corps emblem ver 2 Despite representations made by some of the units affected, the reorganisation went ahead from January 1954. In 1956 a further reorganisation was made necessary by the considerable increase in the number of citizens balloted for training in some areas.

  6. South African Special Forces - Wikipedia

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    The Special Forces Brigade's current structure [11] is the result of extensive restructuring related to the integration of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) between 1992 and 1996. Elements of the brigade are expanded into two additional groups; though termed "regiments", they consist only of small numbers of operators who are ...

  7. Defence Intelligence Division (SANDF) - Wikipedia

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    The Defence Intelligence Division of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF-ID also known as Defence Intelligence) is the primary military intelligence agency of South Africa which came into being on 27 April 1994.

  8. List of South African military chiefs - Wikipedia

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    The SADF amalgamated with the Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA), Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), and the homeland defence forces to form the South African National Defence Force in 1994. The SANDF was based on the existing SADF structure of Army, Air Force, Navy, and Medical Service (which was renamed Military Health Service in 1998).

  9. South African Military Health Service - Wikipedia

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    The predecessor of the SAMHS, the South African Medical Service, was established as a full service branch of the South African Defence Force (SADF) on 1 July 1979 in order to consolidate and strengthen the medical services of the South African Army, South African Navy and South African Air Force.