Recently further uniform changes were promulgated and it is understood that SAN Uniform and Dress Regulations are soon to be revised.doi:10.5787/11-2-655W.M. BissetUniversity of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy)Scientia Militaria South African Journal of Military Studies...
Theirs is an interesting story and also a complex one, as they do not volunteer to join Germany upfront, they all join the South African Army upfront, and they have no dual German nationality or stated German affinity – they are South African soldiers pure and applied – affectionately know...
“In memory of our gallant South African comrades, at all retreat ceremonies,the playing of the American National Anthem shall be preceded by playing the introductory bars of the South African National Anthem and that all personnel of the Wing will render the same honours to this Anthem as to ...
Nearly 20 years have passed since the SADF withdrew from Angola and the African liberation movements suspended the armed struggle against apartheid. When the military conflict ended and national service was phased out, many former soldiers could not understand why they had been asked to sacrifice so...
"The first people who need peace are we, the soldiers especially myself. I have 38 years in military uniform," Riak told the gathering of the ex-child soldiers. In June, South Sudan's warring parties signed a Permanent Ceasefire Agreement in Khartoum, since then the parties have engaged in...
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So, who are all these South African submariners and why don’t we know anything about them in our contemporary account of South African military history? The answer lies in the correct account of South African Naval history. After South Africa was formed as country in 1910 it did not have...
South African Party The 1914 Boer Revolt in perspective. Very often when I read website or social media military history commentary on the 1914 Boer Revolt – I often come across the phasing that Louis Botha (usually incorrectly referenced as Jan Smuts) went against the will of the ‘majority...