South African Defence Force (SADF)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/South_African_Defence_Force_(SADF)
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_organization
gptkbp:allegation human rights abuses
support for apartheid policies
gptkbp:commanderInChief gptkb:State_President_of_South_Africa
gptkbp:component gptkb:South_African_Air_Force
gptkb:South_African_Army
gptkb:South_African_Medical_Service
gptkb:South_African_Navy
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:South_African_Border_War
gptkb:Angolan_Civil_War
gptkb:Namibian_War_of_Independence
Apartheid-era internal operations
gptkbp:country gptkb:South_Africa
gptkbp:dissolved 1994
gptkbp:established 1957
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Pretoria
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label South African Defence Force (SADF)
gptkbp:language gptkb:Afrikaans
English
gptkbp:motto Protegimus
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Constand_Viljoen
gptkb:Jannie_Geldenhuys
gptkb:Magnus_Malan
Andries van der Merwe
gptkbp:predecessor Union Defence Force (UDF)
gptkbp:replacedBy South African National Defence Force (SANDF)
gptkbp:role defense
internal security
border protection
gptkbp:successor South African National Defence Force (SANDF)
gptkbp:type gptkb:military_organization
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Battle_of_Cuito_Cuanavale
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7