South Africa - What a Difference Twenty Years have made AMENDED

This article is an amended version after attracting a lot of comments and Tim Flack kindly corrected my original article to reflect his knowledge on the story.  His comments are posted in RED.  While another friend who has exceptional knowledge and experience in the arms industry quoted his corrections to both mine and Tim's version and are highlighted in YELLOW

What a difference twenty years have made for the South African National Defense Force (SANDF)> Looking as some photos one quickly realizes a lot has changed over the years. The changes can be defined as good, bad or downright daft.

Tim: this is somewhat correct, however the SANDF is a completely different monster compared to the SADF of pre 94, for obvious reasons. after integration there was a change in the way things had to be done, in terms of the constitution that came in to place in 96.

Before the 1994 election, South Africa had to defend her borders from communist {***these "communists" called freedom fighters, are recognised by government as freedom fighters, they were involved in creating many of the freedoms we know and enjoy today, id be careful using the rooi gevaar too loosely}, guerilla warfare. The international sanctions did not improve the arms industry. The government at that time did not drop dead and let it be; instead, they began to manufacture their own weapons.

The army under that period was the pride and joy of the country. The army was well organized, disciplined and dependable. It was the young soldiers guided and trained under the experienced ranking officials during their two year national service period.{they still are trained by experienced instructors and do 2 years national service}

The youngsters were not treated like weak and useless members of society, from day one their training gave them discipline, showed them respect and mirrored them as the protectors of our country. Endurance, performance and physical fitness combined with mental stamina turned the young men into the proud South African Army. {again, the same is still in place, only there are women trained and there arent as many as there were back then, the force is only 79 thou8sand strong}With how many combat fit soldiers? 20 000 ?

During the years of border conflicts, the South African soldiers diligently served their country, their family and friends. Although many youngsters lost their lives in the bloody battles and will, always be remembered as heroes. Those who returned to tell the story of the most desperate survival tactics and living in a war zone, or not knowing if death will engulf you, are the ones proudly honored.

Now we have a defense force that is oh so, well who knows? {exactly, no one bothers to care, or ask the people that work with them on a daily basis}

Oops, what happened?

 {this picture is not of an SANDF soldier, it was a picture of one of the thousands of M23 rebel forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo, they had thier arses handed to them by the SANDF in december, one story that came from that is our special forces operators were very active, one such man, took the longest killshot in jungle warfare known to the military community, one of 2.2kms. a shot impossible to the SEALs and SAS>} Nonsense it was 1,3 km only. It was only the 4^th shot that hit the rebel as the barrel was cold and the shots were going all over the place. M23 responded by putting mortars onto our sniper’s location whence he had to be evacuated after being hit by shrapnel. With the shots going all over the place , the rebels did not hear it!! That’s why with only the 4 th shot the rebel could have been hit!!

Oh yes, no more physical training, dancing is better, after all we do have a dancing president. Oh dear what on earth would happen if war raged against our country, will the dancing soldiers manage to protect us?

again this is not the SANDF the cammoflage pattern is that of Mkhonto we Sizwe the ANCs army that was in angola, and that trained in Russia, Vietnam, Germany. But the photo was taken in the RSA!!!

South Africa A Failing Democracy – Focus on the Special Forces and NPA {i cannot figure out how you came across this link, the Prosecuting authority and the South African Special Forces Brigade dont even work remotely in the same field. they didnt pre 94 and they dont now. Wrong , they do!!  Due to the covert nature of Intel work , SF undertakes all the dangerous work on their behalf. This stems from the old CCB days. In this process they sit together on strategic committees and SF needs legal guidance from the NPA. It works the same in the rest of the world.

A focus on the Special Forces and the National Prosecuting Authority (NAP) of South Africa can be a link to the failing democracy of this country, ( a democracy only fails when the loosing team isnt in charge, and 11 million people voted ANC, we may not like it, but its succesfull democracy none the less.). Two powered departments with powerful control and directly under the watchful eye of Jeff Radebe. {incorrect, Jeff has no say over special forces in the SANDF, only the minister Mapisa Nqakula, and the President do, they wouldnt be too happy if Jeff had to mingle in thier man\dates, and chain of command. Jeff has a say in that he as Chair of the NCACC approves the Imports of weapons. Furthermore the allegations are that he has got serious presidential aspirations. Also he was apparently a spy / impimpi during apartheid as SF like any other Spexops would be running their own intel component. In Seal Team six its called Greyfox!!

Special Forces of South Africa

An important point to remember is that the Special Forces are not part of the regular South African Army. They fall directly under the Chief of the SANDF.{ directly under Joint Operations division, who in turn falls under Gen Shoke the CSANDF, then, Minister Mapisa Nqakula, and the President}

The first Special Forces Unit was established in 1972 under the apartheid regime and known as Recces ( no SA established a Special Forces capability in 1968 , the Special Forces capability realized in 1972 with the establishment of 1 Reconnaissance Commando at the Infantry School in Oudtshoorn. Recce was a nick name taken from Reconnaissance). During this time, the Special Forces were directly involved in the 30 year long border war with Namibia and Anglo. (23 years '66-89)

The Special Forces specialize in maritime related activities and special force regiments in overland techniques usually long-range infiltration.

 ( operators are specialist Airborne, every single special forces operator MUST be a paratrooper, they are specialists in: land, seaborne and airborne operations, in any terrain or environment, in any climatic condition, under any amount of stress or strain, in a focused, calm and professional manner. 

Over the years there have been structural changes and the Special Force training are considered one of the harder courses in the world. A soldier must meet exceptionally high requirements to attend Special Forces Selection and only South African citizens are allowed into this structure.

Today the Special Forces are nothing else but an organization which has an extensive record of theft.( sorry i call bullshit here, someone has lied to you/ seems like you have failed to read. Ask any supplier to SF how his contracts are being stolen , check the role of Jamie Smit , the uber manipulator!!!) The Special Forces have been exonerated by the Minister of Finance and do not have to provide audit reports for the 2010 to 2013 years( for security reasons, their operations and equipment are all classified top secret Yep , but you can find it all on the internet!!). There are rumors that this department, together with Armscor is directly responsible for the death of the 15 South African troops in Central African Republic (CAR) early this year.( real reason is, that soldiers, die in a war, anf the 13(2 died after from wounds and one committed suicide) were not special forces, they were ! Parachute Battalion, Correct with 9 SF wounded amongst those. They fought like demons! The first rule is to make the opposition pay and not sacrifice your own troops. What about the Para-bat Major that sat crying under a tree and got a medal? Fought like a lion , more like pissing himself to death. The reason why our troops in CAR were disadvantaged in this battle is because the officers from DI ( Defense Intelligence)and the SSA (State Security Agency) sent false reports to Pretoria advising them that the Seleka rebels were armed with Ak’s and wooden clubs. Therefore Pretoria refused to listen to the Commander on the Ground and supply him with G5’s and Mortars in order to set loose an airburst hell. Why has Genl Shoke and his command not been prosecuted for culpable homicide? They must take responsibility. ) The story known is that The Special forces and Armscor did not pay the import duties on the weaponry imported into South Africa, and subsequently the South African Revenue Services refused to release the arms. (again, not true,SARS has no oversight into military matters, if the president deploys members they go in diplomatic passports and arent restricted in equipment and movement, however there was a logistical hitch, the SANDF does hire out heavy lift capability, and there was a dely in getting reinforcements thereWrong , the Import duties were paid much later by Armscor and this saga has not yet reached finalization. This comes from court documents. The logistical hitch only came once the Minister took action!! Why must your soldiers first die before you take action? Unnecessary!!  ) This was a direct cause of the death of the South African Soldiers in CAR who did not have enough weapons to protect them.

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Indeed that’s correct , but when false affidavits are submitted because certain people are promised indemnity. In Vanessa Du Toit’s affidavits she claims that NGAM had no permits. Yet in her attachments they are there. Therefore the magistrates did not read , can not read and is clearly prescribed to issue such warrants which immediately compromises the validity thereof.  The same with those of Maphyanwa and Jamie Smit. False affidavits with all the facts on the table!!

At no stage could NGAM find joy in the courts. The judges were intimidated and they all postponed.  The strategy has been to bleed NGAM dry , steal their money by creating confusion on whats owed to them , commit slander right up to the International arena.

On the basis of the comments by Tim Flack , why is he not arrested yet? Is he not posing a danger to the state?

These acts allow people to be killed,( the Child protection act doesnt, it protects children) and no action can be opened against the perpetrator. The Action of Section 47 does protect land owners and home owners, who can kill intruders if their lives are in danger.

The child protection act allows minors to kill people and not get arrested. Minors who are actually guilty of a crime are placed into the care of their parents. It is a known fact that police officers cannot be bothered with the complexity of another murder case and don’t want to fall foul of the law.
The witness protection act has a distinct protocol of favoring the wrong people. In one, instance the murder of Erika Croeser is highlighted. Her killer was under the witness protection act and not arrested, which resulted in the wrong person going to jail.

The Special Forces are allowed to kill and are protected by Section 25(2A) (special forces can kill as ordered to, but that section doesnt allow for it if you read it And what about the allegations that Special units from the Military and the SAPS were involved in bank heists etc?  ). There are members of this unit who are protected by the law and now employed by the South African Police (SAP) (not correct the SAPS have no commant over SANDF special forces they have their own spec, the Special Task Force Not correct – SAPS reigns supreme in as far as criminal legislation goes. The role of Criminal Intelligence has not yet been dissected as this is where all the nonsense stems from. Not against criminals , but against the citizens of the country in order to steal and to promote these peoples’ own private interests. The DG of SSA , Denis Buthelezi is one of those.) and remain more lethal than before, working undercover in various units. Paid by the SAP, the Committee of the Communist party, the CIA and the MI6 (nonsence, CIA are American, and MI6 ((Military Intelligence, Section 6 ) would never be allowed access to the SANDF special Forces Wake up little suzi , the interaction of all the forces international and local is of such a nature that everybody will try to gain an info peddler . Makes them look good. Why has the GOC SASF then lost 3 laptops with all its info in the past year? Did he need urgent cash? Was it ever reported?  The British MI 6 has been a part and parcel of the RSA as the Bits have vested interests here since the 1800’s. Why would they not be looking at safeguarding their interests? The lady doth protestest too much, hm?)

With all the high profile people controlling the basis of the safety of its citizens, it remains an alarming fact that democracy is no longer prevalent.
In closing
The Special Forces and the National Prosecuting Authority are two vitally important departments in the democracy of South Africa. These departments would be able to protect and promote the true democracy of people if there were honest and responsible governance in control. Jeff Radebe as a controlling factor of these vitally prominent structures constitutes the failing of democracy on a huge level.

id seriously reconsider your sources here. careful of men that say they were special forces, lies abound and pigs fly in these tails of murder and special operations, Read the court documents , which apparently the Judges had failed to do! Wena , that nice luke warm water which is lulling you off to sleep , its going to boil just now , remember the frog in the luke warm water which got bunt and died? SASF has got many brave soldiers , extremely brave . They all have the same common problem as all soldiers of such units the world over , when they have reached the end of their shelf life, they are dumped on the waste heap of all broken political promises. The same viewpoint of the Dutch Reformed Dominee (Priest) , Punt Janson as a National Party minister when he went on record stating , that a black man must be dumped in the homelands whence he has reached the end of his economical value.

The same exists with SF operations all over the world. And then you have some who think that they can milk the system with their special skills . The problem lies herein as well as the fact that the political powers that be , show no deceny of appreciation towards these people , whence in service and thereafter!!