Below is a list of current SANDF & SAPS deployments as provided by the Joint Operations Division of the SANDF.
Internal Operations
Arabella
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Purpose
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Search-and-rescue
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Location
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Countrywide
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SANDF commitment
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· No forces permanently allocated. As and when required.
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Carona
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Purpose
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Border safeguarding operations
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Location
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Countrywide
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SANDF commitment
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· No forces permanently allocated. As and when required in support of SA Police Service.
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Chariot
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Purpose
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Disaster support and humanitarian assistance
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Location
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Countrywide
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SANDF commitment
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· No forces permanently allocated. As and when required.
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Intexo (until 31 March 2009)
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Purpose
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Borderline control
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Location
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SA-Zimbabwe border line
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SANDF commitment
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· Three infantry companies (About 100 soldiers each).
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Kgwele
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Purpose
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SANDF Confederations & World Cup support
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Location
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Countrywide
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SANDF commitment
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· All services & Special Forces
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Prosper
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Purpose
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SANDF to the SA Police Service in crime prevention
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Location
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Countrywide
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SANDF commitment
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· No forces permanently allocated. As and when required.
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External Operations
Bongani
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Purpose
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Support of the AU peacekeeping mission in Sudan
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Location
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Darfur
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SANDF commitment
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· Staff officers/military observers: 2
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Cordite
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Purpose
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Support of the hybrid AU/UN peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID)
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Location
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Darfur
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SANDF commitment
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· Staff officers/military observers: 12+13
· SANDF: 611
· Total: 636
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SA Police Service[1]
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· 165
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Curriculum
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Purpose
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Support to the AU Special Task Force in Burundi (AUSTF)
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Location
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Burundi
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SANDF commitment
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· 973
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Induli
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Purpose
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Support to the UN mission in Nepal
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Location
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Nepal
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SANDF commitment
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· Staff officers/military observers: 1
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Mistral
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Purpose
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Support to the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC)
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Location
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Democratic Republic of Congo
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SANDF commitment
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· Staff officers/military observers: 17+3
· Specialist Contingent including military police: 131
· Infantry battalion:
o Bn: 593
o Support Gp: 152
o Attached engineer troop: 35
· Engineer Squadron: Assigned as North Kivu brigade engineer squadron: 151
· Aviation unit: “To provide air service in the Katanga sector”:
o SA Air Force detachment: 51
· Total: 1130
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Teutonic I
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Purpose
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Support to the reconstruction of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo
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Location
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Democratic Republic of Congo
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SANDF commitment
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· SA Detachment assisting with Integration and Training (SADAIT): 17
· Advisory team: 10
· Team building: 4
· Total: 31
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(Project) Thebe[2]
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Purpose
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Assistance to the FARDC with the training of three Rapid Reaction Battalions
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Location
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Democratic Republic of Congo
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SA Army commitment
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· 11
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Vimbezela
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Purpose
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General military assistance to the Central African Republic
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Location
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Central African Republic
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SANDF commitment
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· 53
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Totals
· Staff officers: 26
· Military observers: 19
· Peacekeepers: 2781
· Total: 2826
[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.
[2] Assigned by CSANDF to C ARMY
