I was 18 years and 2 weeks old when I got put on a bus to Phalaborwa. Made me grow up really quickly. I must admit that I resented it back then, but I think a lot of teenagers these days could do with a sharp dose of discipline like we were dealt
@@budgiebee7530 the alterative is what we have now ...crime and murders and unsafe citys.... stop living in a racist mindset .. or you will never develop into anything
...their were many positives to be gained from being a minion. A lot depended on your frame of mind and what you sought to achieve from the experience. Admittedly, for those of us who made it home again!
Ha Ha. Seeing these troupies squaring the blanket seams brings back a memory. I was at Army Gym in Heidleberg in 68. One of our guys (from my city of Durban nogal) decided on one weekend to brush the centre panel of his outer blanket one way and the rest of the blanket the other way. Come Monday morning the PF instuctor's noticed how good it looked and yes, you guessed it. From that moment on we all had to do it for every inspection. Needless to say he was not very popular.
Mad respect for SADF members, my Father and my friends' Fathers all have stories to tell of their time with the SADF. I have read a few books on the different operations undertook by the SADF and have been impressed by their courage and fearlessness.
Man, I used to love to drill (march), I could do it all day long. I did the SL course in 92 at 1 Sai, it was the one & only year the SL troops beat the (if I remember correctly) jr mech leaders in the drill competion. It made our captain so proud that he allowed Staff du Plooy to treat us to 2 beers whilst still on basic training (which as far as I understood at the time was unheard of). One day unexpectedly the Staff marched us into the courtyard of the De Brug mess hall (which confused the hell out of us), closed the gate behind us & said in Afrikaans "complemints of the Captain, sip slowly & don't make a ****ing sound, ladies". I think I can speak for the rest of the guys & say that was the biggest smile on our faces up until that point of our lives. 😁
Was also at 1Sai..Ssgt duPlooy at one point, was my company smaj.. Yor.. Harde tuie, maar gooie tye.. Daar was brode bond.. En discipline.. En respect.. Mech all the way..
@@mogamedjumat7581Let me help you. One one side of the Bush war was white South Africans, And black Owambo soldiers from 101 Battalion. With San and coloured soldiers from SAKK on our side. Unita was black. The enemy planted land mines that mostly killed civilian people in un-armoured vehicles. The black Swapo enemy included non-blacks like Cubans and East-Germans. So, please tell me, how did you get to skin colour?
@@mogamedjumat7581The fuck you talking about? You see this is the plroblem with the media they spread lies to gain SJW clout and split the Narrative. Apartheid in SA was not White hating Blacks, it was seperated development for blacks and whites. Both Races had their own beaches, schools, restrooms etc the Blacks ruined it all, they wanted to rule the country they didn't build and in return resorted to Communists for firearms and causing Terrorism(Bombing people btw) Nelson Mandela wasn't prisoned because he was Black you idiot he conspired to Murder people through terrorism and YOU FOREIGNERS Worshipped his Ass like the Messiah.
Do you know if the curriculum of this is aviable online ? My guess it`s the/a 6 week course. Way shorter than most of the NATO courses i`m aware of. Thank you for your time.
In the SADF we would do basics, then apply for leadership course, share 6 months after which they decided who will be NCO or Candidate officers" Another three months specialised training you would be a two liner, one pipper or gone altogether. The dudes in this clip has reported for the start of their leadership course.
5 years in the old SADF and very proud to have served my people & country, sadly we lost the main battle for SA & now the Afrikaners like me are scattered around the world like gypseys without our own homeland!
@@monikalupp1137 No. White South African's voted in a referendum to give black people more rights and a voice in government. FW then handed the country to the ANC, not to black South Africans, but to the ANC specifically.
Specialist instructor 1 SAI 1979 - 1982. Protea Angola. Best days of my life. Salute to Capt Harmse whom I had to transport to a casafac chopper. Lying in a body bag at my feet in a Ratel 20.
1 SAI BN '81 F COY PL 2. We KAKKED! 2,4s full kit, pole PT, Buddy PT, Ratel wheels and tow bar, obstacle course. Hated it at the time, wish I could go back to those days now.
@@kingsman3087 To stop the communism rot...unfortunately we handed it over on a plate to them in the end, and now look around you as the country falls apart since then.
Wow! This brings back the memories!! Radiator koppe!! I klaar'ed in at 1 Maintenance Unit, went to KD Skool in VTH, ended up in Group 15 HQ circa '89-'90, last of the 2 year intake. Thanks for the upload!
twee drie EEN. Thanks for the memories. Who'd have thought l would watch this with nostalgia? The comments are top class too. Along with some dubious orders. Klim op die radio. Sit op jou helm. Jy vat jou tyd, ne? Raaait, ons sal sien! Good times.
@@kingsman3087 To "protect our mothers and sisters from the communist onslaught", and fight in a proxy war between The West and The Soviet Union. (Domino theory.) A war that was started by SA general Magnus Malan in then South West Africa, unsurprisingly stirring a hornet's nest, and then escalating into an illegal, everlasting, and losing war in Angola. We were lied to, as the men fighting in Korea and Vietnam were. All young white men were conscripted. l cheated and lied my way out of "going to the border", and using my rank as 2nd Lieutenant to bust the Permanent Force assholes, whom us conscripts saw as the real enemy. Best two years of my life.😄😄
@@CavingIn2022 My dad was an English Rhodesian, he served in the 80's, he knew almost nothing of Afrikaans and they made fun of him, he did make good friends though.
Do you know if the curriculum of this is aviable online ? My guess it`s the/a 6 week course. Way shorter than most of the NATO courses i`m aware of. Thank you for your time.
@@CavingIn2022 SADF was conducted mostly in afrikaans whether you liked it or not.Most english soldiers could atleast take orders in the language and some like myself switched over and spoke Afrikaans most of the time. Lastly it is my opinion that Afrikaans might be one of the best military language for day to day operations. You don't want to be marched in english .
UK power left SA around 1963 and the last white leader De Klerk was part of UK organizations. He recieved the command to hold a referendum where white people in South Africa voted to end apartheid and install either the ANC or IFP. It's all about influence and power of a nation or another nation.
Reminds me really of basics in the SA infantry Corps. Nothing shown about small unit battle tactics at which we were masters. That was serious afkak during junior leaders courses. Eight weeks of battle drills day and night. Effing hell but it gave us real "gees".
I'm Daniel Kgaje 32 year in age I work as security Tactical UNIT and I volunteer at saps community safety at Pretoria,when I grew up I wanted to serve my country.*0712950587*please sir help me to help my family. I thank you
I served with pride in the SADF, 1 Parachute Battalion during the 80s. Salut to all fellow units, together we were one hell of an army with a very serious bite - Ask any Angolan, Russian, Cuban or East German soldier who fought us in the Angolan bush war.
Notice how so many of these fine soldiers are wearing watch protectors and yet so difficult to find such gear anywhere in army surplus stores these days.
My sergeant at 11 Commando/1 Intelligence in Kimberley, July 79 - 81 was Sgt Charles Loubsher was similar. Eventually rose to the rank of Sgt Maj or the Army.
@@irishboer7124 Greeks,yugoslavs and other balkanics had the ottomans while spain had the moors but they kicked them eventually and kept their language and traditions intact. What is the irish excuse?
We had the most perfect beds, with rectangular corners you could shave on, and we slept under them. We had the shiniest piss cribs, brassoed till you could see your own reflection, but we never pissed in them. Instead we'd queue to pee in the communal ablution block. We'd run and hurry up everywhere, so that we could wait for hours for the rank to decide what to do with us. Those were the good days and I made the best friends ever there.
At KDSkool in the old dog school? I was there very briefly in 1984. Kak plek. But then I had come there from PDSkool where they treated you properly and then went to Army HQ where they also treated people properly.
haha yeah. Back in '91 at 5 SAI I learnt a lot of Afrikaans word I never knew existed, from the training staff. My non existent sister was also a bit loose... apparently lol
Hey this is Diskobolos in Kimberley. Looks like 1 maintenance unit . I was based there in 1992 national service. I remember this place very well. I served there for six months and then was thransfered to Natal Command in Durban . There was also a maintenance unit base in Meerbank nesrvthe old international airport.
I went to 5 SAI in 1974. I was 17 years old. My assigned PT "buddy", Strydom, was 32 - but we "matched", we were the tallest in our platoon, both 6ft 1. I dropped to 165lb by then. Strydom must have been around 190lb (pounds). Let me assure you; I SHAT OFF! No fond memories of those days. Going to the border (Caprivi) was okay - but not an easy time. At least we weren't mucked around any more. Now, our history is an officially suppressed memory - we are old ex-soldiers. But we are soldiers without glory.
I am 6ft 5. Somehow after buddying I always ended up with the shortest guy in the platoon and the Cpl would have to sort it out. I was fitter when I went into basics than when I came out.
I taught in Natal in the 1980s when boys had to do their time usually straight from school (conscription) in the SADF. Some of our boys were lost in the border conflicts when we had terrorists, Cubans, and Russians trying to invade SA and lob morters into SA. These boys soon become 'real' soldiers and the terrorists were soon on the run back into Angola which SA could have taken had not international pressure been put onto SA by such as Kissinger et al. My husband also did his time and 10 years camps after. Sad what has happened to SA since - a real mess, and glad I am out of it, but miss the place and the sunshine!
Do you know if the curriculum of this is aviable online ? My guess it`s the/a 6 week course. Way shorter than most of the NATO courses i`m aware of. Thank you for your time.
How good were they? Please explain to us how such a GREAT army took more than 10 years against inferior forces in the Border War and STILL couldnt close the deal?!
@@BaasBalsak Ha, somebody's trolling here...the reality is the SADF was the best bush war army in the world....and what 'inferior forces' ??...are you a child or just plain ignorant....these 'inferior forces' were the top communist armies in the day - Russia backed, and unleashed against SA from many fronts like Angola, Mozambique, Namibia, Zim etc
@@littlered7820 South Africa was also communist, 90% of the population was not allowed to buy property. Property belonged to the state and the 10% elites. Textbook communism
Talk about winding the clock back and reigniting faded memories! We kakked off through all of this. I think our parade drill in 2 SAI was sharper though ;-)
I got out of the Rangers in late '82. This would have been a pretty good challenge. Lots of the singing is the same as my time in the Rangers. I think I would have been a good asset to the SADF. Would have been a good memory too.
@@bobivanski5635 we were 17 year old kids drafted ,when I came out I spent 30 years opposing Apartheid and then another ten, working with all South Africans on development projects You're entitled to your simplistic, bigoted, opinion.
@@bobivanski5635 wie de f@€ is jy wanneer jy nie eers bewus is van die nie-blankes in die destydse weermag nie and then crying wolf!... speak of bigoted racist!
It brought tears to my eyes....my son is 19 and I should him what we did.....only the good and fun stuff.....I had to laugh...he said what is the guy saying that gives commands ......and how did we remember all the stuff......answer was....OPFOK....LOL....
So hartseer dat die land in sy moer isSALUUT!!!! EK SOU BITTER GRAAG WOU GAAN MAAR MANDELLA HET MY N BRIEF GEGEE EN GESE NEE JOU BOER JY GAAN NIE HULLE HET ONS LAND AFGEROKKEL EN NOU IS DIT MOER TOE.
I need someone to clip scenes from this video and compare it to footage of todays ‘army’ - what an absolute disgrace we have become, I long for a reckoning, also nice to hear the old anthem again! Proud to have been a South African in the days of national pride, utterly embarrassed to be one now. 😢
Vidio 7 jaar trug op grensoorlog geplaas,was in harde band VHF en toe laat plaas op cd .Vandag Sien Ek hoe die vidio oral vertoon word .Om te dink ek was lid van die oplyding peleton.Nell was een van die beste instrikteurs van my tyd.
I am very impressed with the standard of drill and saluting the Bible really made me feel good. What a sad loss this army coming to an end. As one General in ww2 said, give me 15 yank divisions to invade europe, 10 Brit divisions to hold the ground and 4 South African divisions to defeat Germany
Would have been hard to find those South African divisions wanting to go to war with Germany. Most Boers opposed doing so and for good reason. The British forced them.
That was general Awkenlek in North Africa. He commanded the S.à British Indian and Australian troops before Montey took over. Most of the hard work against Rommel was done by Awkenlek NOT Monty
@@faithfulservant83 Wrong! All SA soldiers that fought in ww2 were volunteers, most from english speaking south africans. Conscription was not used because of the huge resistance to fighting Germans in the boer community.
Omg, dude, ek is nou so trots ek kan bars van nostalgie. Ek het dit in die Polisie ervaar in die Berede Mag nog in die gevaarlikste era van die bos oorlog waar jy baie gelukkig was as jy huis toe gekom het. Koevoet buddies van my is in oorlog dood.
As a Veteran with 28 years service in SA Best and Greatest Military 🪖 let me asure you , No Country,s army would have Survived a Full Scale war against SA on our home Turf or in Africa !! We Were the force to be Beaten !! Politicians sold us Out and World Sanctions Made us The Leading Mil and Strongest Economy ever !! Like it or Not !! I Salute all my Brothers and sisters in arm of yesterday Year !!
Did this JL course in 1976/77 - as we referred to it "Frontpullersheights" aka Voortrekkerhoogte. Fortunately no precision drilling at that time - I surely would have stuffed it up. 😕
Yip, Staff Nel the best. Jan 86 intake and after my nco training, took in the first SAKK troops at one maint. My peleton did exactly this at Kimberley showgrounds.
Genuine question. What happens if you got called up and could not speak Afrikanas? I ask as someone who as a child lived in the Cape Town in the mid 1970s. The only language I ever heard and spoke was English.
English guys struggled with the afrikaans.. Were teased and made fun of... But at the end if the day, we helped them as brothers... We become brothers from different regjons... We became a unit.. Stronger together...
KDK JL's was at KDskool in Voortrekkerhoogte but this is way too flat land for KDskool which was later to become spysenierskool, prior to KDskool it was used for dog training... was there in '83
My broer het itv die "draft" stelsel by 4 SAI. En hulle het kamaste gedra. Ekself was 1976/77 (laaste van die een jaar innames) en ons was nie uitgereik met kamaste nie.. Ek sien hier en ander clips wit kamaste is weer teruggebring en sal graag wil weet wanneer dit gedoen is vir interresantheid. MyJL's was op Voortrekkerhoogte (ek dink daar was n probleem met die behuising - ons sou daar opgelei word of iewers elders. So af en toe was in die befaafde "kakhuiskloof". Ek herken nie die kamp nie -kan iemand my dalk sê waar dit is asb. Dit lyk baie soos Diskobolos se hoofparade grond in Kimberley waar ons basies gedoen het maar dalk nie. So as julle ou klop manne my kan help skryf n boodskappie asb. Net so halfsuur stalkie - ons het n baie suurgat Kaptein gehad wat soms kom inmeng het en dit het die bulle heeltemaal de mur in gehad. Vrydag kommissie parade gedoen, sou Maandag begin uitklaar, geen toesighoudende offisier nie so Maandag lê ons in tot n bul instorm en sê ons is veronderstel om op die hoofparadegrond te wees vir eenheidsparade. Ons het nooit parade prosedures ge-oefen nie so die koekie het platgeval. Suurgat kaptein besluit toe op pakdril vir al die nuwe korporaals en een pippers....terwyl die troepe vir ons sit en lag. Na ete is ons saal toe geroep, mooi stories vertel, bedrae geld genoem en gevra wie wil langdiens doen - 18 of 24 maande......want hulle het nie instrukteurs gehad nie. Toe stap die hele sal uit. Nie een belangstellende nie. So as iemand vir jou vertel n troep kan net kak aanjaag vertel hulle van die kaptein. 👍🙃
I was 18 years and 2 weeks old when I got put on a bus to Phalaborwa.
Made me grow up really quickly.
I must admit that I resented it back then, but I think a lot of teenagers these days could do with a sharp dose of discipline like we were dealt
If only we could have this level of discipline now...
And pride! Current bunch are slack, poorly trained, ill-disciplined and overweight!
@@budgiebee7530 Hmmm. Interesting thought.
@@budgiebee7530 the alterative is what we have now ...crime and murders and unsafe citys.... stop living in a racist mindset .. or you will never develop into anything
...their were many positives to be gained from being a minion. A lot depended on your frame of mind and what you sought to achieve from the experience. Admittedly, for those of us who made it home again!
SA still has private military camps. Go there
Proud to have served in SA's real army.
Precision and discipline! Proud to have served January 1986 2 field engineers Bethlehem to December 1987 - 25 field engineers sector 10
I was also in 2 Veld Genie in 86 January intake and went to 25 Field, 87 in Oshakati.
i was there in 78 a life time ago @@spr822
Ha Ha. Seeing these troupies squaring the blanket seams brings back a memory. I was at Army Gym in Heidleberg in 68. One of our guys (from my city of Durban nogal) decided on one weekend to brush the centre panel of his outer blanket one way and the rest of the blanket the other way. Come Monday morning the PF instuctor's noticed how good it looked and yes, you guessed it. From that moment on we all had to do it for every inspection. Needless to say he was not very popular.
The good old days. I want to cry looking at this😢 We had a Army, now we have nothing 😢 Our country is beyond repair 😢
Mad respect for SADF members, my Father and my friends' Fathers all have stories to tell of their time with the SADF. I have read a few books on the different operations undertook by the SADF and have been impressed by their courage and fearlessness.
Man, I used to love to drill (march), I could do it all day long. I did the SL course in 92 at 1 Sai, it was the one & only year the SL troops beat the (if I remember correctly) jr mech leaders in the drill competion. It made our captain so proud that he allowed Staff du Plooy to treat us to 2 beers whilst still on basic training (which as far as I understood at the time was unheard of).
One day unexpectedly the Staff marched us into the courtyard of the De Brug mess hall (which confused the hell out of us), closed the gate behind us & said in Afrikaans "complemints of the Captain, sip slowly & don't make a ****ing sound, ladies".
I think I can speak for the rest of the guys & say that was the biggest smile on our faces up until that point of our lives. 😁
@@budgiebee7530 I think it's safe to assume my life is, & has been, better than yours. Good luck with your depression.
@@budgiebee7530Jy seker maar n slapgat ruggraatlose SA burger
@@budgiebee7530 Trolling on behalf of the ANC
Was also at 1Sai..Ssgt duPlooy at one point, was my company smaj.. Yor.. Harde tuie, maar gooie tye.. Daar was brode bond.. En discipline.. En respect.. Mech all the way..
back then everyone in our army was had a perfect weight. No-one was overweight. Now we have more generals that when we were at war.
Why were u at war. Just because of people's skin colour
@@mogamedjumat7581Let me help you. One one side of the Bush war was white South Africans, And black Owambo soldiers from 101 Battalion. With San and coloured soldiers from SAKK on our side. Unita was black. The enemy planted land mines that mostly killed civilian people in un-armoured vehicles. The black Swapo enemy included non-blacks like Cubans and East-Germans. So, please tell me, how did you get to skin colour?
@@mogamedjumat7581The fuck you talking about? You see this is the plroblem with the media they spread lies to gain SJW clout and split the Narrative. Apartheid in SA was not White hating Blacks, it was seperated development for blacks and whites. Both Races had their own beaches, schools, restrooms etc the Blacks ruined it all, they wanted to rule the country they didn't build and in return resorted to Communists for firearms and causing Terrorism(Bombing people btw) Nelson Mandela wasn't prisoned because he was Black you idiot he conspired to Murder people through terrorism and YOU FOREIGNERS Worshipped his Ass like the Messiah.
@@Deontjie those who are ignorant will always remain so..moet nie jou bekommer aan die gene wat nie eens weet wat onder hulle neuse gebeur nie.
@@mogamedjumat7581 , you are an idiot, we fought in an actual war, why does racism always have to rear its ugly head
Erg mooi om te zien. Mag je trots op zijn.Bedankt.
For those not aware, this is NCO training. A very important aspect of any modern western military machine.
Do you know if the curriculum of this is aviable online ?
My guess it`s the/a 6 week course. Way shorter than most of the NATO courses i`m aware of.
Thank you for your time.
@@mrd7067 It was 7 months, the instructor at the beginning tells the recruits that the course is 7 months long in Afrikaans.
In the SADF we would do basics, then apply for leadership course, share 6 months after which they decided who will be NCO or Candidate officers" Another three months specialised training you would be a two liner, one pipper or gone altogether. The dudes in this clip has reported for the start of their leadership course.
5 years in the old SADF and very proud to have served my people & country, sadly we lost the main battle for SA & now the Afrikaners like me are scattered around the world like gypseys without our own homeland!
By choice
We voted for this
I spend 2 year's SADF
@@monikalupp1137 No. White South African's voted in a referendum to give black people more rights and a voice in government. FW then handed the country to the ANC, not to black South Africans, but to the ANC specifically.
Well we can thank that traitor fw de klerk that sold this country out
"Die rivier is vol plat honde" had me in tears! This brings back so many memories of my time in 7 SAI Phalaborwa.
Served 1988 Aug. Basic 7SAI.
7 SAI BOURKS LUCK! Near the pot holes😊
I served my 2 years of National Service as a combat medic with pride during 1984 - 1986.
An honourable job. Can be very scary and stressfull.
Me too 🇿🇦👋
You knew about stay soft🤔
i bet you literally saved a dozen ppls lives,right?
I did JL's in 80 - 81. That's when i really found out how much one's body can take. Hardest 9 year of my life. Went in soft and came out a man.
same '84
Who can ever forget?
Memories of 1SAI Tempe 1975
Holds me in good stead to this day
3 SAI, Potch; agreed.
Specialist instructor 1 SAI 1979 - 1982. Protea Angola. Best days of my life. Salute to Capt Harmse whom I had to transport to a casafac chopper. Lying in a body bag at my feet in a Ratel 20.
1 SAI BN '81 F COY PL 2. We KAKKED! 2,4s full kit, pole PT, Buddy PT, Ratel wheels and tow bar, obstacle course. Hated it at the time, wish I could go back to those days now.
what was the point of this army?
@@kingsman3087 To stop the communism rot...unfortunately we handed it over on a plate to them in the end, and now look around you as the country falls apart since then.
Very proud to have been in Infantry school, 1986 to 1987. Those were the days.
BLAME THE U.S. FOR THE DECLINE OF SOUTH AFRIKA AND THE DEATH OF WHITE AFRIKAANER RULE!!!! NOW, SOUTH AFRIKA IS FASTLY BECOMING A SHITHOLE!!!
infantry school 1986, turned 21 in basic training, those were the days.
1983 for me. Bravo Company
1988 8 Sai Upington infantry
Wow! This brings back the memories!! Radiator koppe!!
I klaar'ed in at 1 Maintenance Unit, went to KD Skool in VTH, ended up in Group 15 HQ circa '89-'90, last of the 2 year intake.
Thanks for the upload!
Was there in 89, played in kaffertjie de meyers band
Yes definitely Ordinance Services Corps - Blue Beret.
Respect from Sweden
twee drie EEN. Thanks for the memories. Who'd have thought l would watch this with nostalgia? The comments are top class too. Along with some dubious orders.
Klim op die radio.
Sit op jou helm.
Jy vat jou tyd, ne? Raaait, ons sal sien!
Good times.
@@kingsman3087 To "protect our mothers and sisters from the communist onslaught", and fight in a proxy war between The West and The Soviet Union. (Domino theory.) A war that was started by SA general Magnus Malan in then South West Africa, unsurprisingly stirring a hornet's nest, and then escalating into an illegal, everlasting, and losing war in Angola. We were lied to, as the men fighting in Korea and Vietnam were. All young white men were conscripted. l cheated and lied my way out of "going to the border", and using my rank as 2nd Lieutenant to bust the Permanent Force assholes, whom us conscripts saw as the real enemy.
Best two years of my life.😄😄
I was a Corporal in the old SADF for 5 years, miss it so much.
Does everyone usually know Afrikaans or do you occasionally get fellows that spoke just English?
@@CavingIn2022 My dad was an English Rhodesian, he served in the 80's, he knew almost nothing of Afrikaans and they made fun of him, he did make good friends though.
Do you know if the curriculum of this is aviable online ?
My guess it`s the/a 6 week course. Way shorter than most of the NATO courses i`m aware of.
Thank you for your time.
@@CavingIn2022 SADF was conducted mostly in afrikaans whether you liked it or not.Most english soldiers could atleast take orders in the language and some like myself switched over and spoke Afrikaans most of the time.
Lastly it is my opinion that Afrikaans might be one of the best military language for day to day operations.
You don't want to be marched in english .
@@markmall714221:14
Dit laat n man in sy hart huil as hy na hierdie video kyk, en weet wat het gebeur ❤
watching this and then watching current SANDF shit just makes me want to gouge my eyes out
Yes the replacement is a tucking joke
Now it's just standup comedy
Only for money,not to defend
Wow a trip down memory lane , and De Klerk sold us out , lost for words
UK power left SA around 1963 and the last white leader De Klerk was part of UK organizations. He recieved the command to hold a referendum where white people in South Africa voted to end apartheid and install either the ANC or IFP. It's all about influence and power of a nation or another nation.
Yes, i am feeling exactly the same
Yeah but not allowing anyone other than whites to use the toilets was never going to work
Nor without assistance
Weti hoe het nog niemand ANC gebomb met n drone of iets
Reminds me really of basics in the SA infantry Corps. Nothing shown about small unit battle tactics at which we were masters. That was serious afkak during junior leaders courses. Eight weeks of battle drills day and night. Effing hell but it gave us real "gees".
The real army!!!
The best thing is when you come to a point that your no more afraid for n op fok
I remember could not crack you anymore
It came naturally! 😂😂😂
Thanks for sharing this, bearing discipline are beyond reproach.
I served and I am very proud of my time in the former SADF.
They did not teach us to commit genocide but to kill terrorists.
Regards
Basil Briolas
DIO TI BENEDICA SEMPRE . AMEN . ONORE A TE . SEMPER.
I'm Daniel Kgaje 32 year in age I work as security Tactical UNIT and I volunteer at saps community safety at Pretoria,when I grew up I wanted to serve my country.*0712950587*please sir help me to help my family. I thank you
are you of Greek heritage sir?
@@sanandreasgta5350 He is
I was TDK 84-86. This brings back many memories. I got a lot out of my experience.
I was a Tiffie, 1985-1991 and proud of it!
Selfde. 8 SAI
Ok I ironed my bed at infantry depot with the PPCLI but I did not chew creases into the blanket. Excellent attention to detail.
Our children and grandchildren would've benefitted from this discipline and training...
I served with pride in the SADF, 1 Parachute Battalion during the 80s. Salut to all fellow units, together we were one hell of an army with a very serious bite - Ask any Angolan, Russian, Cuban or East German soldier who fought us in the Angolan bush war.
By the color of the Barret and Belt, this is Maintenance in Kimberley ... I was there in 1991 ... "Best time of your life you'll never do again" ...
Was ook daar 91
Notice how so many of these fine soldiers are wearing watch protectors and yet so difficult to find such gear anywhere in army surplus stores these days.
A long overdue update. I found one on the then Bidorbuy and bought immediately. 😊
Did my service Kimberley, after that i was posted to EP command, i finished up in june 1988.
Crazy discipline we need soldiers like this again I never agreed with the old regimes racism and police but famn did they know how to build an army
I agree, so many good things were thrown out for no reason.
That voice barking the commands I wont forget Sargent Nel from 1 Maintenance unit in Kimberly,July 85 - 87.
@@Mr_Smith_369 RSM Kemp 61Meg
@@Mr_Smith_369 Nee. 24 jaar gelede weg daar. Bly nou in Amerika.
My sergeant at 11 Commando/1 Intelligence in Kimberley, July 79 - 81 was Sgt Charles Loubsher was similar. Eventually rose to the rank of Sgt Maj or the Army.
A trip down memory lane.......those were the days
Ahh what pleasant memories, thats where I learned to speak afrikaans
+Glenn Bolton terrible when you are forced to learn the ruler`s language,we Irish had centuries of it.
IrishBoer jy weet dat die Iere vir ons kom help het teen die engelse
better to learn afrikaans that Zulu
..yes..in about 2 weeks
...
Haha
@@irishboer7124 Greeks,yugoslavs and other balkanics had the ottomans while spain had the moors but they kicked them eventually and kept their language and traditions intact. What is the irish excuse?
This was the best soldiers ever.
I remember this like it was yesterday. Mine was back in 1978 though.
Try 1968. 😉 The Army Gymnasium still issued WW2 type uniforms and the 'skietpiete' still carried WW2 Lee Enfield rifles.
was daar daai tyd wat n fantastiese tyd ons gehad nou se weermag een gemors en geen disipline nie
Uitstekend!!! Toe trots en eenheid nog bestaan het. Baie bevooregd om deel daarvan te kon wees, nes my pa!
We had the most perfect beds, with rectangular corners you could shave on, and we slept under them. We had the shiniest piss cribs, brassoed till you could see your own reflection, but we never pissed in them. Instead we'd queue to pee in the communal ablution block. We'd run and hurry up everywhere, so that we could wait for hours for the rank to decide what to do with us. Those were the good days and I made the best friends ever there.
S A Weermag: "Ons vir jou"...
Tenkes come to
Dafna porat tenkes come to haus avi veshlomi
Where discipline was instilled in young men. Intake of 84👍
Awesome. Respect from me, 2Lt from Oudtshoorn, SADF. Deployed, 111Batt. TUINOPS, etc.
Teinops... teen insurgensie
@@andrevdm6406 thanks. Soutie spelling.
KD Skool - Pta. Such great memories.
At KDSkool in the old dog school? I was there very briefly in 1984. Kak plek.
But then I had come there from PDSkool where they treated you properly and then went to Army HQ where they also treated people properly.
2020 South African army sitting around eating pork chops every day
chicken*
That's all they are good at doing eating eating
And don't forget the walkie talkies ( chicken feet and heads )
@@christobosman5710😂😂😂😂
I see the officers sanitised their speech a bit for their public appearance.
haha yeah. Back in '91 at 5 SAI I learnt a lot of Afrikaans word I never knew existed, from the training staff. My non existent sister was also a bit loose... apparently lol
Breaks my heart.
All for nothing.
One thing my friend we have dicipline
@@DanieKoch For sure!
Hey this is Diskobolos in Kimberley. Looks like 1 maintenance unit . I was based there in 1992 national service. I remember this place very well. I served there for six months and then was thransfered to Natal Command in Durban . There was also a maintenance unit base in Meerbank nesrvthe old international airport.
Yep, 1 Maint Unit Kimberley, I did the section leaders course '83'84, when Corp Nel was the instructor..i still hate 'silver suzy'...
Count me in as well . Was also there in 1992 From Jan to May 1992
Did my 2 years in the base down the road from 1 Maint. Was 11 Commando when I got there and then was renamed 1 Intelligence, July 1979 - 81
I went to 5 SAI in 1974. I was 17 years old. My assigned PT "buddy", Strydom, was 32 - but we "matched", we were the tallest in our platoon, both 6ft 1. I dropped to 165lb by then. Strydom must have been around 190lb (pounds). Let me assure you; I SHAT OFF! No fond memories of those days. Going to the border (Caprivi) was okay - but not an easy time. At least we weren't mucked around any more.
Now, our history is an officially suppressed memory - we are old ex-soldiers. But we are soldiers without glory.
I am 6ft 5. Somehow after buddying I always ended up with the shortest guy in the platoon and the Cpl would have to sort it out.
I was fitter when I went into basics than when I came out.
I taught in Natal in the 1980s when boys had to do their time usually straight from school (conscription) in the SADF. Some of our boys were lost in the border conflicts when we had terrorists, Cubans, and Russians trying to invade SA and lob morters into SA. These boys soon become 'real' soldiers and the terrorists were soon on the run back into Angola which SA could have taken had not international pressure been put onto SA by such as Kissinger et al.
My husband also did his time and 10 years camps after.
Sad what has happened to SA since - a real mess, and glad I am out of it, but miss the place and the sunshine!
Do you know if the curriculum of this is aviable online ?
My guess it`s the/a 6 week course. Way shorter than most of the NATO courses i`m aware of.
Thank you for your time.
This term from my youth "Hallelujah"!None of us knew our luck at the time!
Invade? That’s a very funny perspective.
This 'basic' training would break the heads of today's "soldiers" in SA. I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
They wouldn't last a weel
Week
Cry beloved country
Yea. ANC has destroyed SA. Useless at everything except stealing.
These soldiers so proud. Precision movements. No words need to be spoken.
We have no idea just how dam good these guys were.
How good were they? Please explain to us how such a GREAT army took more than 10 years against inferior forces in the Border War and STILL couldnt close the deal?!
@@BaasBalsak Ha, somebody's trolling here...the reality is the SADF was the best bush war army in the world....and what 'inferior forces' ??...are you a child or just plain ignorant....these 'inferior forces' were the top communist armies in the day - Russia backed, and unleashed against SA from many fronts like Angola, Mozambique, Namibia, Zim etc
@@littlered7820 Please go spew lies somewhere else. You lost that war.
@@littlered7820 You lost that war against Mamparras
@@littlered7820 South Africa was also communist, 90% of the population was not allowed to buy property. Property belonged to the state and the 10% elites. Textbook communism
My brother was a section leader and came under fire .,sadly he pass ed away at 67 yrs.
He was very proud to have served
Talk about winding the clock back and reigniting faded memories! We kakked off through all of this. I think our parade drill in 2 SAI was sharper though ;-)
yep 2 Sai was sharp and hard
I got out of the Rangers in late '82. This would have been a pretty good challenge. Lots of the singing is the same as my time in the Rangers. I think I would have been a good asset to the SADF. Would have been a good memory too.
As in u.s army rangers
John Roberts you would have only been an asset to the sadf if you were white and a Christian racist
@@bobivanski5635 we were 17 year old kids drafted ,when I came out I spent 30 years opposing Apartheid and then another ten, working with all South Africans on development projects
You're entitled to your simplistic, bigoted, opinion.
@@bobivanski5635 wie de f@€ is jy wanneer jy nie eers bewus is van die nie-blankes in die destydse weermag nie and then crying wolf!... speak of bigoted racist!
@@bobivanski5635 go and talk crap somewhere else.
It brought tears to my eyes....my son is 19 and I should him what we did.....only the good and fun stuff.....I had to laugh...he said what is the guy saying that gives commands ......and how did we remember all the stuff......answer was....OPFOK....LOL....
So hartseer dat die land in sy moer isSALUUT!!!! EK SOU BITTER GRAAG WOU GAAN MAAR MANDELLA HET MY N BRIEF GEGEE EN GESE NEE JOU BOER JY GAAN NIE HULLE HET ONS LAND AFGEROKKEL EN NOU IS DIT MOER TOE.
I did Section Leader training at 3SAI in 1985. Great times👍
Such good memories but I wouldn't want to do it again
I need someone to clip scenes from this video and compare it to footage of todays ‘army’ - what an absolute disgrace we have become, I long for a reckoning, also nice to hear the old anthem again! Proud to have been a South African in the days of national pride, utterly embarrassed to be one now. 😢
Vidio 7 jaar trug op grensoorlog geplaas,was in harde band VHF en toe laat plaas op cd .Vandag Sien Ek hoe die vidio oral vertoon word .Om te dink ek was lid van die oplyding peleton.Nell was een van die beste instrikteurs van my tyd.
Die beste opgeliede Soldate te Wereld
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Seker lankal nie meer
@@thebadstation8416much better than them actually, you poepol..
Nee, hulle was n klomp moegoes. Hulle kon nie eers die grensoorlog wen teen n klomp Marmites met pangas nie. 😂😂😂
Friday nights you never slept on your bed.
The reason is that on Saturday morning we had an inspection and your area had to be spick and span.
Slept on the trommel 😂😂😂 Jip
Had anyone heard of the lion that joined a platoon protecting the boarder
We fought like hell and now we're in it. All that for 50c a day back in 1968. 😑
I am very impressed with the standard of drill and saluting the Bible really made me feel good. What a sad loss this army coming to an end. As one General in ww2 said, give me 15 yank divisions to invade europe, 10 Brit divisions to hold the ground and 4 South African divisions to defeat Germany
at the end of it all which one was left
Would have been hard to find those South African divisions wanting to go to war with Germany. Most Boers opposed doing so and for good reason. The British forced them.
@Gerhard van Niekerk Yeah, I suppose you are right. Sad.
That was general Awkenlek in North Africa. He commanded the S.à British Indian and Australian troops before Montey took over. Most of the hard work against Rommel was done by Awkenlek NOT Monty
@@faithfulservant83 Wrong! All SA soldiers that fought in ww2 were volunteers, most from english speaking south africans. Conscription was not used because of the huge resistance to fighting Germans in the boer community.
Omg, dude, ek is nou so trots ek kan bars van nostalgie. Ek het dit in die Polisie ervaar in die Berede Mag nog in die gevaarlikste era van die bos oorlog waar jy baie gelukkig was as jy huis toe gekom het. Koevoet buddies van my is in oorlog dood.
Was in the 7th Infantry /green berets .Was so proud🤗 But now its so f..up.😭
I did my ACF training in 1961.
I feel that this kind of training makes you more mature.
Thus brings back some memories I don't remember biting my bed we used irons and shaviving cream
As a Veteran with 28 years service in SA Best and Greatest Military 🪖 let me asure you , No Country,s army would have Survived a Full Scale war against SA on our home Turf or in Africa !!
We Were the force to be Beaten !! Politicians sold us Out and World Sanctions Made us The Leading Mil and Strongest Economy ever !!
Like it or Not !! I Salute all my Brothers and sisters in arm of yesterday Year !!
Ja nee, dit was die ware SAW, dis hoe ek dit onthou, net erger, want daar was geen kamera nie !
The good old days
The once very proud SANDF. Lovely to watch.
that was the SADF, not the disaster of the post 1994 SANDF.
Looks like 'Korporaal Nel' at 1 Maintenance Unit..a year or two after i finished the NCO course when he became a 'sarge'...😅
Onthou hom as Staf Titos Nel.
The unmistakable sound of that voice. When I was at Diskobolos in Kimberley he was our company Sargeant. Very sharp one.
Did this JL course in 1976/77 - as we referred to it "Frontpullersheights" aka Voortrekkerhoogte. Fortunately no precision drilling at that time - I surely would have stuffed it up. 😕
Dis uitstekend !!
Yip, Staff Nel the best. Jan 86 intake and after my nco training, took in the first SAKK troops at one maint. My peleton did exactly this at Kimberley showgrounds.
ADK In Pretoria. I was there in 1969. Blue berets then were Administrative Service Corps. (ADK or ASC)
Genuine question. What happens if you got called up and could not speak Afrikanas? I ask as someone who as a child lived in the Cape Town in the mid 1970s. The only language I ever heard and spoke was English.
My son in law is english and was in the army. He dont speak well afrikaans but understand
You leant f...... fast
English guys struggled with the afrikaans.. Were teased and made fun of... But at the end if the day, we helped them as brothers... We become brothers from different regjons... We became a unit.. Stronger together...
That's 1 Maintenance Unit in Kimberly, I think. My older brother klaared in there. Waterkoppies.
Proud to have served. Went in as a boy and came out a man
We went the same route during basics in the navy
Which unit is this .I know its maintenance unit ,but is this filmed in Kimberley at 1 maint unit ?
KDK JL's was at KDskool in Voortrekkerhoogte but this is way too flat land for KDskool which was later to become spysenierskool, prior to KDskool it was used for dog training... was there in '83
@@andrevdm6406 This is 1 Maintenance Unit in the last quarter of '84.
At least our leaders at the time respected us and used our lives sparingly by giving us the best training in the world .
My broer het itv die "draft" stelsel by 4 SAI. En hulle het kamaste gedra. Ekself was 1976/77 (laaste van die een jaar innames) en ons was nie uitgereik met kamaste nie.. Ek sien hier en ander clips wit kamaste is weer teruggebring en sal graag wil weet wanneer dit gedoen is vir interresantheid. MyJL's was op Voortrekkerhoogte (ek dink daar was n probleem met die behuising - ons sou daar opgelei word of iewers elders. So af en toe was in die befaafde "kakhuiskloof". Ek herken nie die kamp nie -kan iemand my dalk sê waar dit is asb. Dit lyk baie soos Diskobolos se hoofparade grond in Kimberley waar ons basies gedoen het maar dalk nie. So as julle ou klop manne my kan help skryf n boodskappie asb. Net so halfsuur stalkie - ons het n baie suurgat Kaptein gehad wat soms kom inmeng het en dit het die bulle heeltemaal de mur in gehad. Vrydag kommissie parade gedoen, sou Maandag begin uitklaar, geen toesighoudende offisier nie so Maandag lê ons in tot n bul instorm en sê ons is veronderstel om op die hoofparadegrond te wees vir eenheidsparade. Ons het nooit parade prosedures ge-oefen nie so die koekie het platgeval. Suurgat kaptein besluit toe op pakdril vir al die nuwe korporaals en een pippers....terwyl die troepe vir ons sit en lag. Na ete is ons saal toe geroep, mooi stories vertel, bedrae geld genoem en gevra wie wil langdiens doen - 18 of 24 maande......want hulle het nie instrukteurs gehad nie. Toe stap die hele sal uit. Nie een belangstellende nie. So as iemand vir jou vertel n troep kan net kak aanjaag vertel hulle van die kaptein. 👍🙃
wow boys! glimpse into a well tuned machine !
Ek was daar gewees en deel van die parade. Wens ek kon my ou army pelle kontak. Dit was goeie tye.
Ons het in Vormingsfase van JL's in KD Skool vir 5 weke lank elke dag van 8 tot 11 so gedril.
Pretty darn good for non-combat units.
When South Africa still had an army..
ek kan net se danki my pa was daar.dus hoekom ek repek vir n mens het vir dag .....
6:50. Saluting to the front. Drilled into us on the parade ground a thousand times. Never used in anger. Ever.
44 years ago. Best soldiers ever.
As n jong man in vandag se suid Africa wens ek ek Kon hierdie opleiding ontvang het ons vir Jou suid Africa
Dis so hartseer dat die jong manne vandag dit nie ken nie jy sou goeie herinneringe gehad het
I remember that parade ground well!