111 Battalion

111 Battalion
South African Army Infantry Corps
Garrison/HQ	New Amsterdam
Motto(s)	Luec Doctrinae Light of Knowledge
Equipment	Buffel APC, Samil 20
Insignia
Company level insignia
SA Motorised Infantry beret bar circa 1992

111 Battalion was a

By the late 1970s the South African government had abandoned its opposition to arming black soldiers.[1]

In early 1979, the government also approved a plan to form a number of regional African battalions, each with a particular ethnic identity, which would either serve in their respective homelands or under regional SADF commands.

The Swazi Battalion

This policy led to the formation of 111 Battalion for Swazis. 111 Battalion was raised in 1980 at

Troops for 111 SA Battalion were recruited from the self-governing territory of KaNgwane, where the SADF itself maintained a base.^[3]

Higher Command

111 Battalion resorted under the command of Eastern Transvaal Command based in Nelspruit.

Operational Deployment

The battalion was responsible for patrolling the border between Swaziland and South Africa.

Disbandment

111 Battalion was disbanded around 1999.

Insignia

The badge was designed to represent the head ring and plumes of the Swazi King upon crossed assegais.

Leadership

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Notes

Peled, A. A question of Loyalty Military Manpower Policy in Multiethinic States, Cornell University Press, 1998,