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The South African Defence Force deployed a number of Combat Groups comprising South African and Angolan elements during Operation Savannah (Angola). Initially, only Combat Groups A and B were deployed, with the remaining groups being mobilised and deployed into Angola later in the campaign.
0–9. 1 Locating Regiment; 1 Medical Battalion Group; 1 Parachute Battalion; 1 Reconnaissance Commando (South Africa) 1 South African Infantry Battalion; 1 SWA Specialist Unit; 2 Locating Regiment; 2 Reconnaissance Commando (South Africa) 2 South African Infantry Battalion; 3 Parachute Battalion; 3 Reconnaissance Commando (South Africa)
0–9. 1 South African Infantry Battalion; 1st SA Infantry Regiment; 2 South African Infantry Battalion; 2nd South African Infantry Regiment; 3rd South African Infantry Regiment
3 SA Infantry Battalion moved to Potchefstroom on 5 December 1968 with Commandant B.A. Ferreira as the new Commanding Officer. 3 SAI was given operational status, an additional responsibility. Two infantry Battalions were organised under the command of one Commanding Officer. During 1970, 3 SA Infantry Battalion was transformed into a force-in ...
In 2000 the Corps became known as the South African Army Infantry Formation. [3] The first female battalion commander appears to have been appointed in 2001. [7] The specialised horse/motorcycle/dog-using battalion, 12 South African Infantry Battalion, was disbanded in April 2005. [8]
After their deployment in Egypt, the 3rd Regiment was deployed to France where it helped capture the village of Longueval and was deployed in the adjacent Delville Wood on 15 July 1916. The regiment then served with the Brigade at Arras during April 1917 and was part of the offensive at Ypres and Passchendale in September 1917.
Most of the volunteers were consequently assigned to the 3rd South African Infantry Battalion. (Due to the South African military law of the time, soldiers could not be forced to serve overseas, nor could existing military units be deployed there.) The most well-known action that this unit took part in was the Battle of Delville Wood in the Somme.
The first South African Special Forces unit, 1 Reconnaissance Commando, was established in the town of Oudtshoorn, Cape Province on 1 October 1972. On 1 January 1975, this unit was relocated to Durban, Natal, [8] where it continued its activities as the airborne specialist unit of the special forces.