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OperationsEdit
With the SADFEdit
The unit resorted under the command of Group 15.
During this era, the unit was mainly used for area force protection, search and cordones as well as other assistance to the local police.
With the SANDFEdit
DisbandmentEdit
This unit, along with all other Commando units was disbanded after a decision by South African President Thabo Mbeki to disband all Commando Units.[1][2] The Commando system was phased out between 2003 and 2008 "because of the role it played in the apartheid era", according to the Minister of Safety and SecurityCharles Nqakula.[3]
Unit InsigniaEdit
SADF era Pretoria East Commando insignia
LeadershipEdit
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ReferencesEdit
^Col L B van Stade, Senior Staff Officer Rationalisation, SANDF (1997). . Institute for Security Studies. Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^"About the Commando system". Retrieved 17 January 2008.
^de Lange, Deon. "South Africa: Commandos Were 'Hostile to New SA'". Cape Argus. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
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