Tag: fact file
Fact file: 16 Maintenance Unit
16 Maintenance Unit was established on October 16, 1973 at Grootfontein to render 3rd line logistical support to deployed forces in Namibia....
Fact file: 44 Parachute Regiment
44 Para Regt is the successor to 44 Parachute Brigade, established as an integrated fulltime/reserve formation in April 1978.
At its peak,...
Fact file: 21 SA Infantry Battalion
In 1973 the apartheid government decided to train black soldiers. The next January, a team of ten, led by Major MW Pretorius...
Fact file: 15 SA Infantry Battalion
This battalion was established in 1994 from the ranks of the former Venda Defence Force. The unit badge reflects its location. Thohoyandou...
Fact file: 14 SA Infantry Battalion
This battalion was established in 1994 from the ranks of the former Transkei Defence Force.
Current role: Light Infantry
Current base: Mthatha
Battle...
Fact file: 8 SA Infantry Battalion
The unit was established at Upington in the Northern Cape in October 1973 and received its first batch of national service trainees...
Fact file: 7 SA Infantry Battalion
7SAI was established on October 1, 1973 at Bourke's Luck under command of then Commandant (Lt Colonel) Eddie Webb. The RSM was...
Fact file: 6 SA Infantry Battalion
Grahamstown has been home to 6SAI since January 1, 1962. The unit was established at the time to train whites conscripted for...
SONA doesn’t do defence
The SA National Defence Force (SANDF) was much in evidence ahead of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address (SONA).
This high visibility did...
