List of South African military bases
The Navy operates the following naval bases:[1]
- Naval Base Simon's Town – The base houses the frigate and submarine flotillas as well as support vessels. A naval dockyard is also situated here.
- Naval Base Durban – This base was scaled down to a naval station in 2002 with the rationalisation of the fleet. In December 2015 it was redesignated a full naval base and became the home port of the patrol flotilla.[2]
- Naval Station Port Elizabeth – provides support to visiting ships, no major vessels are based here.
Training units
- SAS Saldanha – (33°1′13.8″S 18°0′12.6″E / 33.020500°S 18.003500°E) located on the West Coast and provides training and development for ratings.[3]
- SAS Wingfield – (33°54′24.9″S 18°31′53.46″E / 33.906917°S 18.5315167°E) located in the Greater Cape Town area. Provides practical training for apprentices and the technical musterings[4]
- SAS Simonsberg – training in gunnery, anti-submarine warfare, communications, diving and seamanship[5]
- South African Naval College, Gordon's Bay – training college for naval officers.
- Maritime Warfare School, Simon's Town[6]
- NBCD School – Nuclear, Biological, Chemical, Damage Control training
Air Force
The South African Air Force has bases serving both the maritime and inland borders of the country.
- ^ Designated a "Station" as it is not home to at least one full squadron
Army
The South African Army maintains large bases in all 9 provinces of the country, mostly in or around major cities and towns.[7][8][9][10][11]
Eastern Cape
- The First City Regiment(Air Assault).
- Prince Alfred's Guard(Air Assault).
- The Mthatha army base is home to the 14 South African Infantry Battalion (Motorised Infantry).
- Greenacres is home to the Regiment Piet Retief (Light Infantry).
- East London is home to the Buffalo Volunteer Rifles(Light Infantry).
- Bulembu King William's Town
Free State
- One of the largest bases in the countryRegiment President Steyn(Tank Regiment) as well as 3 Military Hospital.
- De Brug Mobilisation Centre, Bloemfontein, next to the N8 route 21 km west of N1 Route.
- School of Engineers, and the Army Band.
Gauteng
with Military Bases- Pretoria Regiment (Tank Regiment). The Joint Support Base in Wonderboom, Pretoria houses the School of Signals, 1 Signal Regiment, 2 Signal Regiment, 3 Electronic Workshop, 4 Signal Regiment and 5 Signal Regiment. Technical Base Complex Centurion is home to the Technical Service Training Centre, the Army Engineer Formation and a general support base. It also houses units from the SAMHS (e.g. Aviation medicine) and the SAAF.[15]
- Wallmansthal is home to 43 SA BrigadeHeadquarters.
- Centurionis home to 3 Parachute Battalion.
- Several army bases in Light Horse Regiment(Armoured Car Regiment).
- Benoniis home to Regiment Oos-Transvaal (Air Defence Artillery).
- Springsis home to 6 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Air Defence Artillery).
- The Heidelberg Army Base is home to the SA Army Gymnasium.
- Witwatersrand Rifles Regiment(Mechanized Infantry).
- Vereeniging is home to Regiment Vaalrivier (Air Defence Artillery).
Western Cape
- Several army bases are located in Cape Town and are home to the Army Band, the Cape Garrison Artillery (Air Defence Artillery),[16]
- Youngsfield Military Base near Ottery is home to Regiment Oranjerivier(Armoured Car Regiment) and 3 Field Engineer Regiment.
- Winfield, on the site of the Cape Field Artillery(Artillery)
- 9th South African Infantry Battalion (Seaborne Infantry) is based at Eerste River
- The Oudtshoorn army base houses the South African Infantry School.
Northern Cape
- An Army base is located in Kimberley which is home to the Air Defence Artillery School, 10 Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Air Defence Artillery), 3 South African Infantry Battalion (basic training), the Kimberley Regiment (Motorised Infantry) and 44 Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Air Defence Artillery).
- The Lohatla training area and army base is home to the SA Army Combat Training Centre where large army field exercises take place. It also houses the 101 Field Workshop and the 16 Maintenance Unit.
- An Army base in Upington is home to 8 South African Infantry Battalion (Mechanized Infantry).
North-West
- The Regiment Mooirivier(Armoured Car Regiment).
- The MahikengArmy base is home to 10 South African Infantry Battalion (Motorised Infantry).
- Orkney is home to Regiment Skoonspruit(Motorised Infantry).
- The Zeerust Army Base is home to 2 South African Infantry Battalion (Motorised Infantry).[17]
- Berede Center - is home to Horses (Mounted Infantry army), Bike Squad (Motorcycle Mounted Infantry) This is the South African training ground before deployment to SWA/Namibia. The SWASPES Unit is based in Otavi, they are moved from Oshivello in 1979.
KwaZulu-Natal
- 19 Field Engineer Regiment.
- Natal Carbineers(Motorised Infantry).
- The Mtubatuba army base is home to 121 South African Infantry Battalion (Motorised Infantry).
- The Ladysmith army base is home to 5 South African Infantry Battalion.[18]
Mpumalanga
- Middelburg Army base is home to 4 South African Infantry Battalion (Motorised Infantry).
- Regiment Botha(Motorised Infantry).
Limpopo
- The Regiment Christiaan Beyers(Motorised Infantry).
- The Phalaborwa army base is home to 7 South African Infantry Battalion (Motorised Infantry) and 5 Special Forces Regiment.
- The Thohoyandou army base is home to 15 South African Infantry Battalion (Motorised Infantry).
The main South African Army Headquarters are located in Salvokop, Pretoria in the Dequar Road Complex along with the 102 Field Workshop unit, 17 Maintenance Unit and the S.A.M.S Military Health Department.
Special Forces
The
South African Special Forces Brigade is an independent special forces unit under the direct command of the Chief of the SANDF. It is the only unit permanently assigned to the Joint Operations Division
.
The unit consists of the following sub-units based at various locations:
- Special Forces Headquarters - Pretoria
- Special Forces School - Murrayhill
- Special Forces Support Unit - Wallmansthal
- 4 Special Forces Regiment - Langebaan
- 5 Special Forces Regiment - Phalaborwa
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