South African ski troops during WW2, Somewhere in Northern Italy, 1945~2yr ⋅ IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA ⋅ r/wwiipics
Both saved many soldiers who would have died without their help.3yr ⋅ IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA ⋅ r/HistoryMemes
The Boston massacre was the colonists fault, change my mind.2yr ⋅ IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA ⋅ r/HistoryMemes
Balls of Steel CiT Driver, Leo Prinsloo, was featured in the latest nandos ad.2yr ⋅ IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA ⋅ r/southafrica
Great Grandfather about to depart from a UDF boat, In full dress uniform. Cairo, 1942.2yr ⋅ IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA ⋅ r/wwiipics
Two South African Hilux owners can be delighted about the fact that their stolen vehicles did not manage to cross into Mozambique. The attempt to sneak the vehicles through the border fence was foiled by successful pursuit of the vehicles by the soldiers from 7 SAIB.2yr ⋅ IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA ⋅ r/southafrica
On this day, 55 Years ago, The architect of apartheid, Hendrick Verwoerd was assassinated.2yr ⋅ IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA ⋅ r/southafrica
Italy would later get Nazi Germany to help fight Greece in round two.3yr ⋅ IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA ⋅ r/HistoryMemes
Original colour photo taken of a South African position in the North African theatre of operations in 1942 – note the bleak and hard landscape.3yr ⋅ IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA ⋅ r/wwiipics
The first German General to formally surrender his forces to the Allies during WW2 surrendered to the South Africans. Generalleutenant Schmidt was the first German General to formally surrender to an Allied General which was General De Villiers, Commander of the South African 2nd Infantry Division.2yr ⋅ IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA ⋅ r/southafrica
Two South African soldiers sharing a cigarette near Beaumont Hamel, December 1916. Lest We Forget.2yr ⋅ IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA ⋅ r/southafrica
SADF member stands guard at an election booth 27 April 1994, a group of newly enfranchised South Africans wait to vote.2yr ⋅ IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA ⋅ r/southafrica
29th July 2022. Pictured here are 6 suspects of the 65 arrested that partook in gang rapes and armed robbery in Krugersdorp. 2 more suspects were fatally shot in an encounter with the police. More details below.1yr ⋅ IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA ⋅ r/southafrica
South Africa Battalion deployed under the umbrella of the United Nations in the Democratic Republic of Congo, were ambushed while on escort duties by some Illegal Armed Groups. In the resulting skirmish, 3 civilians died while the SANDF killed 8 attackers without taking any losses themselves.2yr ⋅ IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA ⋅ r/southafrica
3 ground crew members from the South African ‘Flying Cheetahs’ pose in front of a Sabre. South Korea, 1952~ Colourized.2yr ⋅ IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA ⋅ r/southafrica
A South African coloured smoke team rushing out of cover to make a smoke screen. 1943, Anzio, Italy.2yr ⋅ IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA ⋅ r/southafrica
4 Indian Soldiers accompany a South African (In pith Helmet) and a New Zealander (in Sidecap) in their adventure through the streets of Cairo.2yr ⋅ IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA ⋅ r/wwiipics
The first of the new SA Navy inshore patrol vessels, SAS Sekhukhune (P1571) has arrived in Naval Base Simon's Town.2yr ⋅ IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA ⋅ r/southafrica
Portrait of Group Captain A.G. 'Sailor' Malan. Malan's final score before becoming non-operational was 32 planes shot down. He held one of the top scores amongst R.A.F. and S.A.A.F Pilots at the time. Malan later became a fierce anti-apartheid and anti-fascist activist. Picture issued 1944.2yr ⋅ IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA ⋅ r/southafrica
WW2 Fighter Ace and early Anti Apartheid Activist Adolph Gysbert Malan or Sailor Malan3yr ⋅ IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA ⋅ r/southafrica
South Africa doesn’t get enough credit for their part in ww2.3yr ⋅ IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA ⋅ r/HistoryMemes
SADF member escorts a 1994 general election ballot box due to threats from the AWB.2yr ⋅ IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA ⋅ r/southafrica
121 South African Infantry Battalion’s presence on the borderline of Kwazulu-Natal continues to deter borderline crimes between South Africa and eSwatini. Alpha Company which assumed responsibility in the Pongola Area of Responsibility confiscated a bag of illegal dagga.2yr ⋅ IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA ⋅ r/southafrica
A colorized photo of a South African WW2 hero. Lieutenant Albert Sachs – a member of the South African Air Force (SAAF) who was seconded to No. 92 Squadron of the Royal Air Force. Here he is seen sitting on his Supermarine Spitfire Mark VIII at Canne in Italy.2yr ⋅ IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA ⋅ r/southafrica
SANDF members instruct two young suspected looters to load a recovered refrigerator in a police vehicle during a raid.3yr ⋅ IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA ⋅ r/southafrica
Soldiers were busy with vehicle patrol and found a Toyota Fortuner valued at about R200 000.00 abandoned near Malaladrift T-junction after the driver rolled it. SAPS Vehicle Crime Investigation Unit confirmed that it was hijacked in Randburg. Musina SAPS are investigating the case.2yr ⋅ IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA ⋅ r/southafrica
Great Grandfather on a UDF boat, Posing for the camera shirtless. Somewhere near Cairo. 1942~.2yr ⋅ IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA ⋅ r/wwiipics
South African SASF operator during heavy fighting against the terrorists in Mozambique. (10/2021)2yr ⋅ IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA ⋅ r/southafrica
The SANDF denies the claims of a Naval cannon gun fired into Simon’s Town mountain by mistake.2yr ⋅ IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA ⋅ r/southafrica
Members of the South African Cadet Corps on parade for the Prime Minister, Jan Smuts. 1940s [2665 x 2252]2yr ⋅ IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
My Great Grandfather Posing with a captured Italian Gun, Nairobi, Kenya, 1941~.2yr ⋅ IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA ⋅ r/wwiipics
A South African Highlander, 3 men of the South African Native Military Corps, and a South African Officer pose with a captured Italian flag. Somewhere in newly liberated Abyssinia, 1941.2yr ⋅ IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA ⋅ r/southafrica
South African ski troops during WW2, 1945~, Somewhere in Northern Italy.2yr ⋅ IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA ⋅ r/southafrica
The South African special task force’s current position in the Dubai SWAT challenge. There are 41 teams participating in the event.2yr ⋅ IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA ⋅ r/southafrica
Members of the South African Cadet Corps on parade for the Prime Minister, Jan Smuts ~1940s (repost to correct date)2yr ⋅ IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA ⋅ r/southafrica
The Manifesto of the Torch Commando. The Commando was led by famous WW2 Fighter Ace 'Sailor' Malan, and was an anti apartheid group made up of South African Military veterans.2yr ⋅ IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA ⋅ r/southafrica
SADF members round up looters in Mafikeng during the attempted BDF uprising in 1994 and bring peace to the streets.3yr ⋅ IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA ⋅ r/southafrica
Members of 1 Special Services Battalion deployed at Pontdrift Operational Base under Operation CORONA on the South Africa /Zimbabwe Border donated some groceries to the local community of Den Staat, which consists mostly of farm labourers.2yr ⋅ IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA ⋅ r/southafrica
The SANDF were on patrol. The SANDF members spotted smugglers. Upon confronting the carriers, they dropped the boxes of illegal cigarettes and managed to run, the cigarettes were taken to Customs. The cigarettes taken consisted of 60 Boxes of cigarettes at R 842 2202yr ⋅ IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA ⋅ r/southafrica
South African troops carry a wounded German during the Battle of Menin Road Ridge. 21st September 1917. Lest We Forget.2yr ⋅ IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA ⋅ r/southafrica
Rhodesia was literally just South African Apartheid but with a different coat of paint.3yr ⋅ IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA ⋅ r/HistoryMemes
SA Army Support Base Western Cape donated a truck full of clothes to Lwazi Primary School in Gugulethu.2yr ⋅ IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA ⋅ r/southafrica
Peacekeepers from different countries which are part of MONUSCO, DRC 2021.[611 x 458]2yr ⋅ IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA ⋅ r/MilitaryPorn
Two members of the SANDF pose with a member of the FARDC during a peacekeeping patrol. DRC, 2022. [1280 x 720] (repost because i deleted the og post like an idiot)2yr ⋅ IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA ⋅ r/southafrica
The incoming Commander, Brigadier General Steven Mnkande (Tanzania) and the outgoing Commander, Brigadier General Monwabisi Dyakopu (South Africa), visited the South African Infantry Battalion (RSABATT) Tactical Headquarters to introduce Mnkande to RSABATT2yr ⋅ IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA ⋅ r/southafrica
Yesterday, the SAPS welcomed 11 Special Task Force Operatives (STF) to join the organisation’s elite unit. The operatives successfully completed the 35th two-year Special Task Force Selection Training Programme. The STF is made up of the toughest law enforcement officers South Africa has to offer.2yr ⋅ IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA ⋅ r/policeporn
Armed SADF Soldier guards an election booth behind razor wire in downtown Johannesburg, a newly enfranchised South African points the way to the booth2yr ⋅ IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA ⋅ r/southafrica
