Meyerton Commando

Meyerton Commando
Meyerton Commando
	Meyerton Commando emblem
Active	1971-
Country	South Africa
Allegiance	Republic of South Africa; Republic of South Africa;
Branch	South African Army; South African Army;
Type	Infantry
Role	Light Infantry
Size	One Battalion
Part of	South African Infantry Corps; Army Territorial Reserve, Group 17
Garrison/HQ	Meyerton

Meyerton Commando was a light infantry regiment of the South African Army. It formed part of the South African Army Infantry Formation as well as the South African Territorial Reserve.

History

Origin

This unit was originally known as the De Deur Commando.

Operations

With the SADF

The units changed its name to the Meyerton Commando from 1 January 1971.

During the retirement function of Commandant Dirk Burger in May 1975, a revue parade was held in Meyerton.

The old school building of Laerskool Voorwaarts was used as its headquarters from 1982.

Freedom of Entry

The unit received its Freedom of Entry to Meyerton on 10 April 1984.

With the SANDF

Disbandment

This unit, along with all other Commando units was disbanded after a decision by South African President Thabo Mbeki to disband all Commando Units.^[1]^[2] The Commando system was phased out between 2003 and 2008 "because of the role it played in the apartheid era", according to the Minister of Safety and Security Charles Nqakula.^[3]

Leadership

Leadership
From	Honorary Colonels	To
XXX	XXX	XXX
From	Commanding Officers	To
1975	Cmdt D Burger	nd
1980	Cmdt E Weilbach	nd
From	Regimental Sergeants Major	To
XXX	XXX MMM JCD	XXX

Unit Insignia

Meyerton Commando insignia

References

^ Col L B van Stade, Senior Staff Officer Rationalisation, SANDF (1997). "Rationalisation in the SANDF: The Next Challenge". Institute for Security Studies. Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ "About the Commando system". Archived from the original on 6 December 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2008.
^ de Lange, Deon. "South Africa: Commandos Were 'Hostile to New SA'". Cape Argus. Retrieved 5 March 2015.