Watch Footage of the South African Defense Force in Namibia
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January 1989 - The 32 Battallion of the South African Defense Force passing out parade in Namibia.
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“It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.”
― William Blake
👍
I wish you were so right, the world was made a better place to live.
Unfortunately, forgiveness has never been anything more empty promises.
NEVER forgotten!! Thank you for all your immeasurable sacrifices...
This footage was taken at Pomfret in the Northern Cape - After 32 was relocated to South Africa - 32 Battalion was and will always stay one of the greatest Battalions in the SANDF - 32 was disbanded in 1994 without as much as a thank you. It was an honour and privilege to have served with them 1988 to 1989
Their motto was Proelio Procusi - which was Latin for Forged in Battle
+69HenryViii Just a bit of a correction. Back then we were all in the SADF. The name was changed to SANDF in the late 90's I assume. You are correct about Drie-Twee being bad ass and the best. They weren't called, "The Terrible Ones" for nothing.
+69HenryViii Good for you! And thank you for your service, regardless of rank or unit!
What was it like serving in the army during that time ? Genuinely interested in your experience.
Pretty damn shameful. Far worse that the national service guys who were just demobbed after border duty and sent home, many of whom now sit with PTSD. Pity more people didn't now what was actually going on beind the scenes and who was out there holding the line.
Much respect to 32 Bn. From an old 101 Bn vet.. 🙏🏻
It's a shame how they were treated after the ANC moved in.
My God this is moving. I wasn't expecting anything like this. Fascinating.
You are not forgotten any more, Soldier (whatever rank you have), in both Hemispheres for sure.
Men amongst Men.I salute you.
I respect and honour all who fought for the innocent lives in South Africa in th SADF.
If it were not for all those who fought, I probably would not have been here.
Thank you for the service and let it be a reminder of what can be accomplished when Africans stand toghether.
I love you.
Daniel Nomavila LOL.
one of the best bush units the world has ever seen thankyou for your great service im british I was proud to have served in the SADF
Wrong theory,
Nikhil Chandra Jha Good joke.
Thank you for your service
If you served in SADF you can't be British
Why not? I did and I'm UK born.@@mgtvnews6890
I want the ring tone of that first african song... love it when they sing together like that...
the 32 Bn is one of the best fighting units ever
best fighting unit in the world...even the yanks not as good as them..the SELOUS scout where a close second heehee
All fighting units in Rhodesia were a force to be reckoned with!!! The discipline amongst men of all creeds had to be seen to be believed!
My whole body is just goosebumps
The time we were a great defence force
I see black faces in the clip. Did Africans join at the time?
@@mgtvnews6890 they weren't local South Africans, the SADF used foreign Africans, mostly from Angola
@@accountretired9479 Namibie too.
Much respect to my brothers in arms. From an old vet 2 field engineer regiment . Salute my brothers .
The march for PERFECT nation is no where in the world but after 300yrs of injustice, finally, the South Africa that cutters to all South Africans, being defended by all South Africans is marching out of the shadows of history.
CONGRATULATIONS SOUTH AFRICA!!!
I have suffered, pained and hoped..but most of all, I have lived times, others would say were best forgotten.At least now I am able to say that I am proud of what I was, and have become..
a 32 Battalion Soldier.
Thank you for your service
Respect to you Sir
The days when we still had a defence force
Batallón 32, uno de los mejores del ejercito de Sudáfrica, traicionados por los políticos.
One of our best units... Stabbed in the back by ANC if i remember corectly
Stabbed in the back by its own "white"generals and politicians
So many brainwashed Angolans now they want us to join and celebrate Angola day with them , stupid they should have stabbed their white masters at the back and kill them for the sake of Africa they would have been hero, Now they are outcast in the whole of Africa nobody wants them.
William Kraft
Not the Generals, the Politicians. Jannie Geldenhuys and Jan Breytenbach were amongst the first to try and halt the destruction of 31 and 32 battalions as well as Koevoet.
RESCAR That's of course the reason. If the ANC truly cared about "Black economic empowerment and upward mobility", then why didn't they hire these guys to fill higher-up positions in the military and not former ANC-MK cadres who were defeated miserably time after time not mentioning, whose only source of support came from terror of the tribal populations? Why also, would the ANC demolish their township in Pomfret?
Fuck both apartheid and the ANC :D
Viva Búfalos Batalhão muitas saudades 32, homens corajosos com espirito de missão, que falam os adverssarios...
What!?! The Army was integrated but civilians weren't??
If you did not serve with these men, you have no say! If you want to say something, then bow your head and in silence say thanks to God that soldiers like these gave their lives for you.
In one of the songs they say they not stop with out an fight
One cannot look at this without sobbing eyes knowing what what we stood for and will AGAIN!!!
Get out of Africa
Oppresiion, racism, and pure evil
I was in the South African Army in 1985 & 6. That was with 18 months on the border - western side. I thought that it was a pity that SWATF disappeared, after Namibia became independent, because it had good and unique rank insignia and badges.
32 Battalion was of course part of SWATF. I never saw 32 Battalion there. Or, maybe I did, but didn't know or realise that they were 32 Battalion.
most of them they where misionary from angola fenala unita swapo exist member or arested during bush war in the they where I knew base Kavango and Omauni at Okongo areaOkongo areaa
Get out
The 32 battalion were given pensions and land which was stripped from the by the ANC in 94
Lol that land was for anc not them
@@kanenekotyi6279 LOL. For a few privileged comrades I reckon. War is a terrible thing and otherwise normal people do terrible things. Most of these guys are pretty old now and I hope their kids don't suffer the same stigma. There's a time for everything and in this case I think it's time to heal.
The Nationalist made a grave mistake of using 32Bn to police the black townships when they were brought back to S.A. That made them persona non grata in the eyes of black South Africans. They have since been disposessed by the present regime.
I was with 21 battalion ,what a great time i had in the army.
This is Danny Archer Approved!
But Danny was Rhodesian
Situations are always more complicated than mass media can portray. That is why people can not understand such a sight as black and white soldiers marching together in the apartheid era. The non-white guys I served with all had their own reasons for joining up. I respected them for their choice because it was a free one. Whities like me had no choice but to answer the call.
BRING BACK 32 BATTALION TO SORT OUT SOUTH AFRICA!!!!!
The same 32 bn blacks are bizi moering farmers because they are bitter with whites for your info if you dont know
I worked with them
+opata at least I dont rape and kill steal, sit under the tree wait for handouts drunk!!!!
Where else do you intend to get exploitable fellas like these madam? That past is gone mam.
World in Union Well done on submitting your ignorance, delusion and stupidity, you pathetic dolt.
Exploitable? Good joke. Maybe you’re just projecting? 😉
I was that,which others did not want to be,
I went where others feared to go,did what others failed to do.
I asked nothing from those who gave nothing,reluctantly accepted the thought of eternal loneliness,should I fail.I have seen the face of terror,felt the stinging of cold fear, and enjoyed the sweet taste of a moment's love.
There are vets alive to bring true words for those uninitiated readers, media users and other persons (starting with your own family members, children, grandchildren, friends, friends of friends, etc.).
they're really good at that synchronized arm swinging thing
Our modern army doesn't even compare, so sad
How time has gone.In those times I was in the romanian army under Ceausescu regime,the 4th romanian army from Transylvania.
How good or bad was the Romanian army back then?
@@carlosmpsenyorcapitacollon6977 It was very well supplied and trained. Today it's a bad joke only. ;)
Yes ...never forgotten., served in SADF in Angola from 1985 to 1987 ....no more needs to be said
It saddens me greatly that their town has been demolished in Pomfret. These are the actions of the heroic ANC? Bastards...
This is proud and extremely capable soldiers.. not the nose picking ..chappies chewing..,, arse sitting,, KFC eating..useless specimens we have these days.. saw a major the other day.. her backside was as big as a mess tent walking and chewing.. I hope Lesotho and CAR don't keep grudges.. lol they tried to invade Lesotho and had their arses hand to them..
did the ANC-led South Africa try to conquer Lesotho? What was the point in that?
@@pieterwillembotha6719 Yes, I believe the South African government (under Mandala), entered Lesotho on the request of the Lesotho government to quell an attempted coup.
@@garethaustin3137 What do you mean _believe?_ It either happened or it didn't
@@pieterwillembotha6719 I mean, "as far as I know". I have subsequently fact-checked myself, and can now confirm that yes, it happened.
@@pieterwillembotha6719 The geniuses sent the Medical Corp in first!!! They thought the joint OAU force from Botswana, SA would walk in without a fight. It took a few days of fighting with Rattel 20's blasting the hell out of the Lesotho Armys barracks outside Maseru. A far cry from the coup in old homeland of Bopothatswana, where it was quelled in if I remember correctly 1 afternoon.
South Africa will rise again... i only believe
What a sight !
THE BUFFALO BATTALION IN ANGOLA;
"To accomplish his mission Breytenbach took an entirely novel approach developed over some years, one without prior precedent in the South African Defense Force (SADF), which would eventually be approved at the highest levels of policymaking. Breytenbach used captured insurgents who had been given two options; food, medical care, pay, and training in return for fighting for the SADF, or life imprisonment for terrorism related crimes. His operational concept was to use these hardened fighters, led by white officers, to wreak utter havoc on SWAPO behind their lines, in the Angolan bush, with the hopes of destroying their will to fight.[8] 32 Battalion would use only captured enemy weapons or their analogues, wear only enemy uniforms and boots, and even consume only enemy rations while on operations. Breytenbach wanted the unit to be utterly untraceable, and irrationally feared by SWAPO. If possible, 32 Battalion, after an infiltration into enemy held territory, would capture or kill every insurgent, and clear the bodies and encampment, so it would seem like those missing fighters had completely vanished without a trace."
"32 Battalion was, in terms of impact, the most effective unit in the SADF at the time. The troops were funded by the SADF paymasters, and were given medical equipment and treatment by staff medical technicians, but that was about the extent of their initial unconventional warfare support. As stated, they used captured enemy weaponry to maintain their fighting power, and drew personnel from the ranks of former enemy fighters, in essence making the unit almost self-sustaining. The timeline the unit was given was nearly unlimited, provided the political opinion inside South Africa did not shift away from the war. The fact that one of the main offensive forces, the one conducting the riskiest missions, did not draw troops from inside South Africa, also had the secondary effect of keeping causality numbers low, which helped maintain overall support for the war effort. The battle-space that 32 Battalion operated in the area between Namibia and Angola. Throughout the conflict control of the area was hotly contested, but the unconventional operations conducted by 32 Battalion gave the remainder of SADF units operating along the border time and space to maneuver, and kept the enemy under pressure, complicating their ability to seize the initiative. It finally took 30,000 Cuban troops and 150 T-55/62 tanks to take the initiative, after years of continued pressure by the Buffalo Battalion."
smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/buffalo-soldiers-in-angola-32-battalion-operations-in-the-south-african-border-war
what are the names of some of these songs? brilliant
@BahreNeGash My dear BahreNegash, let us start by not assuming 400 years of BOER's CRIMES. You have no idea what you are talking about. For a start, the socalled BOER's themselves come from a history of victomisation by colonial rulers. 26000 boer women and children died in Commonwealth concentration camps at the turn of the 20th century. Afrikaans was banned from schools up 1910. Please do not attempt to be wise by making generalised statements.
what is the song they sing at the beginning of the vid? i need to knowwww
Wow what an elite Bn? These guys remind me of 2 SAI Bn at Pomfret in 90s under the command of the then Col(now Lt Gen) Mannetjies De Goede and Col Van Der Merwe. During parades the then SSgt (now SWO at 2 SAI Bn) Mpande was leading the song "Lutar até ao fim". I miss those days.
Anyone know Maj. Willy WARD of 32 and 2 Recce and or his family?
Meanwhile, a couple years ago in my country (that time used to be involved as ex-USSR), finally, an essential information breakthrough took place. From now on combatants of Bush are not Yetis, Shadows, UFOs, persons from nowhere anymore (in historic sense).
As for me, my evaluation of SDAF performance (both white and colored troops) at those times is outstanding (I used to be in the theater in the late 80s as military adviser & tech expert to the forces opposing SDAF).
Cmon Alex. Russians weren't in Angola. It was 👽. Lol.
If you wish the formal reference then use the Soviets (including Russians and other ethnic groups of USSR) :) of course till late 2000s there was not much publicity about the issue ;) although it was a standard bilateral agreement between RPA & SU related mil HW, TNG, advisers, servicing etc ...
@@AlexNLee My brother was a recce who was killed in action in Angola in 1977. I'm told he was the ultimate warrior. Would have been a soldier where ever he grew up.We were polar opposites as I'm a pacifist but my love for him ran deep. Always will.
@@kelvinwalker2394since when were the Russians not there ?
any1 know that first song they sing?
Beautiful.
mandela "sensible" ? have you forgotton what he stands for, and winnie mandela...is she "sensible" as well ?.
C'mon. R.S.A is a (was) a powerful, wealthy nation. The Union of South Africa needs to reclaim her Honor.
the idiot who released mandela turned a A.N.C Terr into a bloody hero, yet Mandela never set foot defending S.A on the Angola border-ya well, of course not, mandela would have been sniping at his own brothers!
NEVER forget what Mandela is; 100% Terr'.
The first thing Mandela did when elected? He pardoned his own wife for the murder of Stompie. But did he forgave her for opening her legs for every comrade while he was in prison?
@BahreNeGash I am a french descendant and my great grandfather fought for this land, this country was bought with mens blood, and this is nothing to do with my or anyone elses' religion, the 'africans' lost TWICE to the english and the BOERE! Now tell me how advanced they were.....I still respect these soldiers(32nd battalion).
So smart and precise.
dankie wat julle almal gedoen het maag julle ge herken word wat julle gedoen het ek is baie jammer vir all die friende en famielie losses hou die stem hoog en 32 song
Where has the pride that we felt gone???
Thank you for asking my friend. it is only the losers who complain. In South Africa (as elsewhere in the same continent) it is always the losers who complain. We had (and may still have) an incredible force (if it is continued in the same fashion as in this video), but if it is left to the Politicians (and the resultant corruption) all of this will just wilt and die away.
Krygers van formaat
One of the best fighting units the world has ever seen! You can bring the 101st Airborne, the Royal Marines....all respect to them, but our Buffalo Batallion was the best in our kind of warfare. Maybe only the IDF could come close
What are you smoking ?
A fighting force to rival any.
what was the diff of the old SADF soldiers And todays SANDF
Weight for it..... LOL
you see what i did there. LOL
I knew a few of 32B in my time at the border. Brave boys. Thumbs up
Het die eer en voorreg gehaat om by 32 BN my grensdiens tedoen , 87 en 88 , beste en trotste eenheid , respek vir elke soldaat en trots op elke soldaat
32 BN...A great unit.
And like everywhere vets are forgotten
Both USSR and old SA have gone with the wind. But there are people left. A lot of things have to be reviewed and analyzed, so the new nations to make their way avoiding old mistakes. Therefore, always vets can give their words (and not only the words) for youngsters.
can someone translate what they are singing not just the first song
lol, during apartheid zulu and xhosa (the two main languages of SA) were taught in school!
it was vital especially for farmers to know african language in order to be able communicate with the locals!
@BahreNeGash, you need to educate yourself before you open your mouth
and yes i am from SA
3:53 is that the man the myth the legend Ian Smith?
what is the name of the song they are singing in the beginning?
@FransvanStaden i am really having trouble finding this song on youtube or google. Do you know where i can search it? it's a great song
Great Regiment, Awesome Guys. I have to say 1RAR Sweet Banana is a more catching marching tune. lol.
Pretty disgusting to see the way that these once valiant soldiers have been treated by the current ANC government. Banished to an asbestos ridden town called Pomfret. It is a disgrace.
Oh my word! No portly figures in sight! Regular 2,4 kays in regulation time, I would say
Goed!!!! Julle sal altyd due vaandel dra!!!!
I was there my friend, I was there. I am now 58 years old. But let me tell you, if an AK 47 fires at you, or a bomb blasts you from suicide bomber is Islamabad, or somebody blows you up at the Boston Marathon, you (if you have any guts in your body) do something about it! It does not matter who you are or who the enemy is, you fight for survival! But then , you won't know.....so it is easy to comment. It may come as a surprise to you, but the Apartheid System also saved lives!
@Johan Olwage
Better than what is currently happening
Does anybody where I can get this song
Hi ALEXANDER L
I am reading a book in English written by RUSSIAN ADVISORS of the late 80's-Excellent stories-I cannot put the book down!You know about the book ? Is your story also in there ?
Greetings from a 32 Bn Veteran
De los mejores soldados de la Fuerzas de Defensa de Sudáfrica. Traicionados por los políticos blancos.
No betrayed by the the government now in power,or don't you know what happened
Fools who comment out of ignorance these were Angolans fighting fo Angola duh
😂😂😂
More specific guys from FNLA...when south africa pull out of angola 75 against the Cubans & FAPLA they want to abandon FNLA guys...it was a portuguese oficer fighting for SADF that sugested to a SADF general not to do it because the se guys would be helpfull in the future.
father may your soul r.i.p ....
Polski śpiewnik oficerski
Pułkowników
Lomba
Gwiaździsta noc życia gwiaździsta
Szli w szarość jest błękitem czysta
Przeglądasz nad Lomba letni dzień
Nad życiem krąży ptak śmierci cień
Ich wzrok zna ciemność jego duszy
Cienie na drzewach z serc katuszy
Naszkicował czołg z śmierci wroga
Bezwiednie drży przy strachu noga
I złapał strach przed tym co widział
Wewnątrz męczarni nic przewidział
Leż przy leśnym pustkowiu skrycie
Skrył przed strachem niesamowicie
Strach śmierci przez noce podniety
Śmierć skryje przez strach pistolety
Dziś twój obraz przemoc rozumiem
Tłumaczyć śmierć mary już umiem
Twój wers próbował mi powiedzieć
To przekleństwo wojenne wiedzieć
Obraz krwawy strachem cierpienia
Transem w duszy nie do zniesienia
Wykrzyczane przez śmierć wyrazy
Nie zniszczył przez pamięć obrazy
Zniszczeni przez śmierć przyjaciele
Śmierć grozy wewnątrz nie na ciele
Krwawią w sercu lecz ran nie widać
Krwawy duch nie może się przydać
Ja wiem jak cierpiałeś psychicznie
Wyzyskany przez śmierć cynicznie
W noc próbujesz się z niej uwolnić
Zgon duszy cierpieniem spowolnić
Nie słuchaliśmy cierpień z wnętrza
Nie wiedzieliśmy w noc się spiętrza
Dzisiaj krzyk przez ból posłuchamy
Głusza choć wciąż tak się staramy
Bojowa burzliwa śmierć prze dzień
Chwile istnienia minionych mgnień
Śmiercią grzmiący pistoletu grzmot
W piekielnej kuźni jest śmierci młot
Batalion śmierci z krwi potrzaskiem
Działa jasno płoną w dal brzaskiem
Wir blasku mgiełki dymu grzmotem
W przyszłości sen chronił kłopotem
Blask w oczach Adriana błękit Chin
Chwałą od przeszłości krzyczy zgiń
Młode ich byty przekształci w mrok
Wizja śmiercią beznadziejny wzrok
Bezcenna śmierć jest nim spłacona
Nieprzespana noc śmierć nie kona
Wyblakłe martwe w śmierci twarze
Skrytość w bólach cierpień ołtarze
Czy wszystko w nim dla obnażenia
Przeszłości miał krwawe zdarzenia
Żyw codziennie wieczność zamiera
Za życia śmierć wciąż chęć zabiera
Przez śmierć on ani może szlochać
Bo nie mogli cię wieczność kochać
Lecz twa miłość zawsze prawdziwa
Wspomnienie piękna z serca tkliwa
Nadzieja trwa przez miłość wzroku
Bo burzliwy grom grzmiał w amoku
Oddasz swój dar śmiercią żołnierza
Wieczna pamięć się już przymierza
O tym pięknie świat musi wiedzieć
Piękno pod Lomba ma powiedzieć
Wiedz świat nie dla pięknego jak ty
Adrian jest wiecznie piękny jak my
W salach sław miał nie twe obrazy
Niemy przekaz przez pamięć razy
Bezimienne w tchnieniu na ścianie
Nikt wie co się potem z nim stanie
Sam poniósł ciężar krwawej wojny
Poświęceniem przez miłość godny
Obcych ludzi w duszach spotkanie
Życie krwawe pod Lomba błaganie
Szli obdarci w szmatach ubraniach
Ranne serce zakrwawi w drganiach
W ogniach Valkyrie w czas boginie
Valkiri przez chmury w hołd spłynie
Miażdżony przeszłością na bagnie
Martwy wewnątrz żołnierz upadnie
Hołd bohaterom SADF
THE BEST FORCE IN AFRICA BOTH BLACK AND WHITE TOGETHER AND IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN BLACK AND WHITE TOGETHER FIGHTING THE EVILS OF AFRICA TODAY
Theres no racism on the battlefield, it doesnt belong there
Kan ons asseblief 'n ordentlikke afrikaanse komentaar sien?
Yes this a horrible past in africa.
This afrikaners soldiers.
Let's check Journeyman Picture's latest news... from 1994
@FransvanStaden hmmm suxxx. I appreciate your help tho.
Name of the first song pls
There's no name, but it's on the 32 battalion remembrance website under media. It's the first song.
32battalion(DOT)net
The first song is Lutar até ao fim, which means Fight to the end.
I love the uniform - reminds me of the Murderous UVF in Northern Ireland.
Bunch of good lads, I'm sure.
at 0:22 does anyone know the name of the song they are chanting?
It sounds good right,i you find it tell me pls
I was part of that war
Once we where known as "Os Terriveis" now we are just forgotten...... We did not fight colour or a spesific entnic group....... we fought terrorism......that was our orders!!!!
Wrong Abvas - 32 way 100% voluntary !
Please help me here.What are you trying to say?
Got my vote Dustin
Songs??
nice that the leading officer in the procession knows the proper salute, not the crappy American style salute used by the South African army today.
David u got it wrong as well !
Could sonebody tell me what is the march in this vid?
From 1:20 forwards, it’s “The Vedette” by Kenneth J. Alford.
@@Saach thanks cheers
3:52 anybody known who is this man? he looks like Ian Douglas Smith.
Almost a decade late, my humble apologies lol, but to answer your question it's General Jannie Geldenhuys.
Unfortunately, due to various reasons our political establishment traditionally used to keep most of events of Bush war hushed down, trying to mop out all key historical memory related to the battlefields, or trying to submit those events via interpretation beneficial to them.
32 Buffalo battalion...you do not play with this battalion. I used to meet a group of ex 32's and they had some hetic stories. Nicest guys in civvy life but when you heard what they did you wonder if you're really talking to the same guy.