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    Transkei Defence Force (TDF) was established during March 1981, from the 141 Battalion of the South African Defence Force (SADF). It was the defence force...
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    governments, and ordered that all South African Defence Force members seconded to the Transkei Defence Force should leave. This created the unique situation...
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  • The Transkei Defence Force Medal was instituted by the State President of the Republic of Transkei for award to all ranks as a military medal for merit...
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  • African Defence Force: Bophuthatswana Defence Force: (1977-1994) Ciskei Defence Force: (1981-1994) Transkei Defence Force: (1981-1994) Venda Defence Force: (1979-1994)...
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    then 32-year-old Major General Bantu Holomisa, the Chief of the Transkei Defence Force, against the government of Prime Minister Stella Sigcau (TNIP)....
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    The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) comprises the armed forces of South Africa. The commander of the SANDF is appointed by the President...
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    Bantu Holomisa (category Heads of government of Transkei)
    the current Deputy Minister of Defence. Holomisa was born in Mqanduli, Cape Province. He joined the Transkei Defence Force in 1976 and had become a brigadier...
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  • peacekeeping force. Participants in the NPKF included: South African Defence Force South African Police uMkhonto we Sizwe Transkei Defence Force and its police...
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  • long service medals, and colour-coded ribbons. As the South African Defence Force was engaged in military operations in South West Africa and Angola throughout...
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  • commander of the Transkei Defence Force, and he was subsequently the leader of the private security firm Security Services Transkei. For the final decade...
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  • Qaqambile Matanzima (category Transkei)
    had served as a colonel in the former Transkei Defence Force (TDF), the military force the Republic of Transkei, a de facto independent Bantustan which...
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  • within the South African order of wear. South African Medal Website - Transkei Defence Force (Accessed January 18, 2016) Military Rule Medal, 1987 v t e...
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  • Republic of Transkei to commemorate Independence on 26 October 1976. It was awarded to all ranks on the active strength of the Transkei Defence Force upon independence...
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  • President of the Republic of Transkei in 1987, for award to all ranks as a long service medal. The Transkei Defence Force (TDF) was established upon that...
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    National Defence Force (SANDF). The seven constituent forces of the SANDF were: The South African Defence Force (SADF). The Transkei Defence Force (TDF)...
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  • Cross for Bravery (category Military decorations and medals of Transkei)
    State President of the Republic of Transkei, for award to all ranks as a decoration for bravery. The Transkei Defence Force (TDF) was established upon that...
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  • National Defence Force (SANDF) on 27 April 1994. The seven constituent military forces were: The South African Defence Force (SADF). The Transkei Defence Force...
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    land warfare force of South Africa, a part of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), along with the South African Air Force, South African...
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    is home to: the South African Army College, the South African National Defence College under Rear-Admiral Laura Janse van Vuuren ([1]), the National Ceremonial...
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    The Union Defence Force (UDF) (Afrikaans: Unie-Verdedigingsmag) comprised the armed forces of South Africa from 1 July 1912, when the Defence Act (No 13...
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    the C Squadron 22 (Rhodesian) SAS, the South African Defence Force, and the Transkei Defense Force. As a contributing editor for unconventional operations...
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    the gulf. All nine crew members were lost. 9 February 2017 A Botswana Defence Force CASA C-212 crashed in the general area of Thebephatshwa village in the...
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  • Military Rule Medal (category Military decorations and medals of Transkei)
    of Transkei to commemorate the bloodless 1987 military coup d'état which overthrew the Transkei government on 30 November 1987. The Transkei Defence Force...
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    of Military Rule and Experiences of Black Women in the South African Defence Force 32 Battalion Military Community". The Journal of African History "Official...
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    Branch of the Union Defence Forces in 1913. In 1915, the defence forces established the South African Overseas Expeditionary Force for war service outside...
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  • gain independence from the Air Force until 3 November 1959. Date first aircraft obtained; the Barbados Defence Force itself was established in 1979....
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    Ciskei Defence Force (CDF) was established during March 1981 from the 141 Battalion of the South African Defence Force (SADF). It was the defence force of...
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    National Defence Force until 26 April 2003 Official SANDF order of precedence: Preceded by the Transkei Defence Force Medal of the Republic of Transkei. Succeeded...
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  • and was appointed the head of Transkei Defence Force (the military of the nominally independent 'bantustan' of Transkei) in the early 1980s. He recruited...
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    Highlanders. When the regiment was embodied in the Union Defence Force (UDF) Citizen Force in 1913, the title was changed to 6th Infantry (Duke of Connaught...
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