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151 South African Infantry Battalion was a
Troops for 151 SA Battalion were recruited from the self-governing territory of
The battalion was responsible for patrolling the border between Lesotho and South Africa.
motorised infantry
Motorized infantry is infantry that is transported by trucks or other motor vehicles. It is distinguished from mechanized infantry, which is carried in armoured personnel carriers or infantry fighting vehicles, and from light infantry, which ...
unit of the South African Army
The South African Army is the principal 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 Navy and South African Military Health Service. ...
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History
Origin of the black battalions
By the late 1970s the South African government had abandoned its opposition to arming black soldiers. By early 1979, the government approved a plan to form a number of regional African battalions, each with a particular ethnic identity, which would either serve in their homelands or under regional SADF commands. This led to the formation of 151 Battalion for the Southern Sothos.
Troops for 151 SA Battalion were recruited from the self-governing territory of Qwaqwa
QwaQwa was a bantustan ("homeland") in the central eastern part of South Africa. It encompassed a very small region of in the east of the former South African province of Orange Free State, bordering Lesotho. Its capital was Phuthaditjhaba. It ...
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Higher Command
151 Battalion resorted under the command of Group 36.
The battalion was responsible for patrolling the border between Lesotho and South Africa.
Disbandment
151 SA Battalion was disbanded around 1994 and members were assimilated into1 South African Infantry Battalion
1 South African Infantry Battalion is a mechanized infantry unit of the South African Army.
History Oudtshoorn origin
Established as 1 SA Infantry Training Battalion at Oudtshoorn, (hence the ostrich feathers on the unit insignia) on 26 Janua ...
and the new SANDF.
Insignia
Leadership
Notes
Peled, A. A question of Loyalty Military Manpower Policy in Multiethinic States, Cornell University Press, 1998, Chapter 2: South Africa: From Exclusion to InclusionReferences
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