Fact file: SANDF & SAPS deployments

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Below is a list of current SANDF deployments (October 2008) as provided by the Joint Operations Division of the SANDF.
Internal Operations  
Intexo
Purpose
Borderline control
Location
SA-Zimbabwe border line
SANDF commitment
ยท         Three infantry companies (About 100 soldiers each).
External Operations 
Bongani
           
Purpose
Support of the AU peacekeeping mission in Darfur
Location
Darfur
SANDF commitment
ยท         Staff officers/military observers: 1 
Cordite
Purpose
Support of the hybrid AU/UN peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID)
Location
Darfur
SANDF commitment
ยท         Staff officers/military observers: 23 
ยท         SANDF: 577
ยท         Total: 600
SA Police Service[1]
ยท         165
Curriculum
Purpose
Support to the AU Special Task Force in Burundi (AUSTF)
Location
Burundi
SANDF commitment
ยท         1024
Induli
Purpose
Support to the UN mission in Nepal
Location
Nepal
SANDF commitment
ยท         Staff officers/military observers: 1    
Mistral
Purpose
Support to the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC)
Location
Democratic Republic of Congo
SANDF commitment
ยท         Staff officers/military observers: 14 
ยท         Specialist Contingent including military police: 39
ยท         Infantry battalion: Assigned as Eastern Division reserve
o         Bn: 731
o        Support Gp: 152
o        Attached engineer troop: 56  
ยท         Engineer Squadron: Assigned as North Kivu brigade engineer squadron: 117
ยท         Aviation unit: “To provide air service in the Katanga sector:
o        SA Air Force detachment: 38
o        Protection team (SA Navy): 19
ยท         Total: 1126
Teutonic I
Purpose
Support to the reconstruction of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo
Location
Democratic Republic of Congo
SANDF commitment
ยท         SA Detachment assisting with Integration and Training (SADAIT): 18
ยท         Advisory team: 11
ยท         Total: 29
Vimbezela
Purpose
General military assistance to the Central African Republic
Location
Central African Republic
SANDF commitment
ยท         56


[1] The SA Police Service does not deploy under SANDF auspices. The deployment is shown here for the convenience of the reader. This is the police foreign deployment since 1994, other than those supporting Operation Rachel in Mozambique (the destruction of arms and ammunition left over after the 1975-1992 civil war there.