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The South African Defence Force 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
SADF paratroops in training
Stephan Grobler and 2 other SADF soldiers during Jnr Leaders training (Basics) in Oudtshoorn Infantry training school, Stephan (who is on the left) later became a Officer over a Platoon in the 301 Battalion but the other 2 soldiers have yet to be identified
The former South African Defence Force base in Outapi, Omusati, Namibia.
The military history of South Africa chronicles a vast time period and complex events from the dawn of history until the present time. It covers civil wars and wars of aggression and of self-defense b
Depiction of a Zulu attack on a Boer camp in February 1838
Battle of Rorke's Drift on Jan 22 1879
During the First World War, Smuts (right) and Botha were key members of the British Imperial War Cabinet.
Field Marshal Jan Smuts inspects South African sailors in Alexandria, Egypt, 16 May 1942