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Pretoria is home to a large joint services base called Thaba Tshwane, which is also home to the South African Army College, the National Ceremonial Guard and Band, the Military Police School, 1 Military Hospital, 2 Parachute Battalion, 44 Parachute Engineers, 44 Parachute Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Air Defence Artillery), 1 Military Printing ...
Disbanded military units and formations in Cape Town (21 P) Pages in category "Military units and formations in Cape Town" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total.
SA Military Pigeon Service (c. 1939 –1945) Supporting Services. Administration and Logistics ... Cape Corps (1940–50) Indian Service Corps (1940–42)
Military Bases Depots Units Reserve Force Units ASB Bloemfontein DOD Mobilisation Centre Bloemfontein SA Army Technical Service Training 4 Maintenance Unit Joint Support Base Garrison DOD Main Ordnance Depot DOD Technical Service Unit 11 Maintenance Unit ASB Eastern Cape: DOD Main Ordnance Sub Depot National Ceremonial Guard 15 Maintenance Unit
Under the Union Defence Force, South Africa was originally divided into 9 military districts. By the 1930s this area became Cape Command. [2] Cape Command, (with its headquarters at the Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town, included 3rd Infantry Brigade, 8th Infantry Brigade (Oudtshoorn), the Coast Artillery Brigade (two heavy batteries, two medium batteries, and the Cape Field Artillery), and a ...
Until the 1970s, South Africa's apartheid government had placed a disproportionate emphasis on civilian law enforcement and the maintenance of internal security. [4] However, a Cuban intervention in Angola, and the escalation of the South African Border War convinced the government that it faced a serious external threat. [5]
What was previously known as the South African Cape Corps (SACC) (Afrikaans: Suid-Afrika Kaapse Korps (SAKK)) was renamed the 9 South African Infantry Battalion (9 SAI) in 1992. On 31 March 1992, all SACC units were disbanded. The next day 9 SAI was established in their place. [1]
South African military training can be traced back to 1786 when the Militere Kweekskool was established by the Dutch East India Company to develop local cadets, but collapsed due to lack of funds. [1] Under the Union of South Africa’s Defence Act of 1912, allowance was made for a formal South African Military College. Two branches were ...