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SAW Private Projek - SADF Private Project This website is a compilation of information to do with the military endeavours of the previous white regime of South Africa and the South West African Territorial Forces in the struggle against encroaching Communism in Southern Africa. It is a history of events over this period and is not meant as a political web site or platform and we accept no responsibiliy for any actions by persons who read the contents of this site, as it is beyond our control.  The old South African flag formed part of the historic military flags and appeared in the top left corner of each flag as in this one above and the respective Army, Airforce, Navy and South African Medical Services and South African Police flags. We have used these official flags of the day as respective "front pages" for each SADF section and continued with this theme throughout this website. Feel free to email any comments at any time to defence@sadf.info. The SADF, contrary to what the foreign media would have the world believe, comprised of many "Volunteer" black units, mostly infantry. There was a good racial mix of soldiers, whites, coloured, Indians, and blacks, fighting under one flag against communism. It was simply not just white soldiers from an "apartheid army" fighting black soldiers in other African states, that is an absolute untruth perpetuated by the foreign media, which can easily be dis-proven conclusively...   New Additions - Nuwe Toevoegings Koevoet Sectors Army Groups Army Commands Medical Units Quartermasters General Infantry Units Armoured Units Artillery Units Special Forces Units 44 Parachute Brigade Units Anti-Aircraft Artillery Units Maintenance Units Engineers Units Signals Units Technical Stores Depots Military Police Units Technical Services Units Kadette - Cadets Navy Service Units

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Dokumentasie Sentrum van die SANW, Schweikerdt-gebou, Visagiestraat, Pretoria Posadres: P/sak X289, Pta. 0001. Tel: 012-355-3094/9111. Faks: 012-323-5613. Documentation Center SANDF Schweikerdt Building Visagie Street Pretoria Postal Address Private Bag X289 Pretoria 0001 Tel: 012-355-3094/9111. Fax: 012-323-5613 Hulle sal jou navraag beantwoord of dalk na die Personeelargief verwys. Laasgenoemde se tel: 012-322-6350, as jy hulle eerder wil nader. They might answer your question or refer you to the Personnell Archives at 012-322-6350 Om jou medaljes op te eis waarop jy geregtig is / to get issued with your medals that you are entitled to , kontak Mev Engelbrecht by die "SEREMONIAL & MILITARY , MUSIC , HONOURS & AWARDS" - Tel: 012-392-3087. or you can email W/O Anderson on ceremonial@telkomsa.net . KRY WAT JOU TOEKOM / GET WHAT YOU EARNED !!!!

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At the height of white power, the total number of whites on the African continent never exceeded 6.5 million. 90% of whites in Africa lived in South Africa. In Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, a mere 250,000 white people, less than that of a town in Europe,  lived in a country the size of France and ruled over 6 million blacks for 90 years. It took world sanctions, embargoes from America and Europe and a 14 year war sponsored by Russia, China and the West to break the white government in Rhodesia and soon after Robert Mugabe took over power, he proceeded to murder, with the infamous Fifth Brigade, 20 to 30 thousand Ndebele (Matabele) tribesfolk who voted for the opposition party and has ruled Zimbabwe in a tyrannical fashion ever since. For some still unknown reason, the Queen awarded him an OBE a few years after this. The reasons for this award, in light of what he had done, have never been explained. This was an ominous pre-curser of things to come for South Africa.

At the end of WWII the black population stood at 20 million with the white population at around 3 million.  Whites raised blacks life expectancy by 30 years, the same as that of whites. This was the only country in the history of Africa to be classified as a First World Nation. It is easily shown that there was progress, tremendous GDP growth, peace and food was abundant. The nationalist white government built schools for them, gave them their own countries (TBVC States) and assisted them to run them. Excellent medical facilities, health care and hospitals were provided free of charge, like the largest hospital built in the Southern Hemisphere the world famous Baragwanath Hospital for the exclusive use of black people, amongst others, were built and provided for the black population of SA. Also, the standard of education provided by the white regime to black people was of a much higher standard than it is now and it was free. The result was that by 1980 the black population exploded and stood at 35 million. By 1990 their numbers were 40 million and that of the whites 5 million.

During white rule, both Rhodesia and South Africa, which were known as the bread baskets of Africa, exported massive amounts of every conceivable kind of surplus food, but sadly since these white governments were toppled by the West in order to secure maximum mineral rights, the biggest collapse of agriculture in the history of Africa has resulted. Out of 120 000 commercial farmers in 1994, there are only 37 000 left and SA is having to import maize and other crops as it is cheaper than producing it themselves. Also the unprecedented criminal attacks on all Christian farmers has had a massive detrimental effect. All this, due to excessive and racist AA and BEE practices which have ruined the industry, driving valuable, experienced white Christian farmers out of the country.

Over 48 years of apartheid South Africa, allegedly according to the TRC, no more than 20 000 people died as a result of the ANC declaring war (armed struggle) against the State which ran for 33 of the 48 years of white power. Most black people who died in this political violence, actually died during the ANC's armed struggle against the previous white regime with most deaths due to black on black violence. The security forces were allegedly directly responsible for no more than 600 black people's deaths over this 48 year apartheid period in direct response to terrorist activities. Virtually no black people were killed prior to the ANC armed struggle. These figures are the ANC's and a matter of public record, available from the TRC archives. The average life expectancy, under the apartheid regime, was 65 years for South African citizens of all races.

Since the hand over of power to the ANC government in 1994, allegedly more than 350 000 people have died in violence in South Africa, allegedly around 30 000 of these deaths were whites. None of these deaths were due to whites exacting terrorist activities against the black ANC government, rather the reverse is true as more than 3500 white South African farmers have been horrifically tortured and murdered in low level war against both the black and white populations of South Africa in an unprecedented wave of violent crime. The average life expectancy currently, under the ANC regime, is 53 years for South African citizens of all races, a drop of 12 years since the apartheid regime was in power. Virtually everything that former President P. W. Botha warned would happen has come to pass. Ironically, the disastrous situation in which South Africa finds itself today was exactly what the SADF and SWATF acted to prevent in combating Communism with multi-racial forces, in this Southern African theatre of war.

Battle of Cuito Cuanavale

"If defeat for South Africa meant the loss of 31 men, three tanks, five armoured vehicles and three aircraft, then we'd lost. If victory for FAPLA and the Cubans meant the loss of 4600 men, 94 tanks, 100 armoured vehicles, 9 aircraft and other Soviet equipment valued at more than a billion rand, then they'd won."

(Colonel Dean Ferreira, CDR SADF in Angola, Paratus (SADF Magazine), March, 1989, p.14.)

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