Armed Forces of South Africa

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armed forces military organization

The Armed Forces of South Africa are the unified military forces of the Republic of South Africa, responsible for the country’s defense, peacekeeping operations, and regional security engagements.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
South African National Defence Force	21
South African Defence Force	13
South African forces	5
Armed Forces of South Africa canonical	1
SANDF	1
South African National Defence Force (as part of integration)	1
South African National Defence Force (integration of its members)	1
Union Defence Force (South Africa)	1
Union Defence Force of South Africa	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armed forces ⓘ military organization ⓘ
allegiance	South Africa ⓘ surface form: Republic of South Africa
commanderInChief	President of South Africa ⓘ
component	regular forces ⓘ reserve forces ⓘ
country	South Africa ⓘ
dateFormed	1994-04-27 ⓘ
doctrine	civilian control of the military ⓘ
engagesWith	African Union ⓘ Southern African Development Community ⓘ United Nations ⓘ
formedFrom	Armed Forces of South Africa self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: South African Defence Force military wings of former liberation movements ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ surface form: Pretoria
languageOfCommand	English ⓘ
legalBasis	Constitution of South Africa ⓘ surface form: Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Defence Act of South Africa ⓘ
mottoLanguage	various official languages of South Africa ⓘ
officialName	Armed Forces of South Africa self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: South African National Defence Force
participatesIn	international peace support training programs ⓘ multinational exercises in Africa ⓘ
peacekeepingRole	regional stabilization in Africa ⓘ
primaryMission	defend the territorial integrity of South Africa ⓘ protect the sovereignty of South Africa ⓘ
regionOfOperation	African continent ⓘ Southern Africa ⓘ
responsibleFor	defense policy implementation ⓘ military operations of South Africa ⓘ
role	national defense ⓘ peacekeeping operations ⓘ regional security ⓘ support to civil authorities ⓘ
serviceBranch	South African Air Force ⓘ South African Army ⓘ South African Military Health Service ⓘ South African Navy ⓘ
shortName	Armed Forces of South Africa self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: SANDF
subordinateTo	Government of South Africa ⓘ Minister of Defence ⓘ surface form: Minister of Defence and Military Veterans
task	border safeguarding ⓘ disaster relief support ⓘ maritime security ⓘ participation in African Union peace support operations ⓘ participation in United Nations peacekeeping missions ⓘ support to internal security when authorized ⓘ
type	unified armed forces ⓘ

Referenced by (45)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United Nations Command → hasMember → Armed Forces of South Africa ⓘ

Patria AMV armoured modular vehicle → usedBy → Armed Forces of South Africa ⓘ

subject surface form: Patria AMV

this entity surface form: South African National Defence Force

British Commonwealth forces → hasMember → Armed Forces of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Union Defence Force (South Africa)

Government of South Africa → includesBody → Armed Forces of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African National Defence Force

Armed Forces of South Africa → officialName → Armed Forces of South Africa self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African National Defence Force

Armed Forces of South Africa → shortName → Armed Forces of South Africa self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: SANDF

Armed Forces of South Africa → formedFrom → Armed Forces of South Africa self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African Defence Force

South-West Africa Campaign → primaryAttacker → Armed Forces of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African forces

Umkhonto we Sizwe → mergedInto → Armed Forces of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African National Defence Force

Danny Archer → formerAllegiance → Armed Forces of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African Defence Force

Cuban military interventions in Africa → hasParticipant → Armed Forces of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African Defence Force

Cuban military interventions in Africa → hasParticipant → Armed Forces of South Africa ⓘ

subject surface form: Cuban intervention in Angola

this entity surface form: South African Defence Force

Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme → commemoratedForces → Armed Forces of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African forces

South African Air Force → partOf → Armed Forces of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African National Defence Force

South African Air Force → militaryBranchOf → Armed Forces of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African National Defence Force

South African Army → partOf → Armed Forces of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African National Defence Force

South African Army → serviceBranchOf → Armed Forces of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African National Defence Force

South African Army → precededBy → Armed Forces of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African Defence Force

South African Army → historicalName → Armed Forces of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African Defence Force

Jopie Fourie → allegiance → Armed Forces of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Union Defence Force of South Africa

Nelson Mandela memorial service 2013 → securityProvidedBy → Armed Forces of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African National Defence Force

Operation Lightfoot → alliedParticipation → Armed Forces of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African forces

apartheid government of South Africa → usedSecurityForce → Armed Forces of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African Defence Force

South African Police Service → collaboratesWith → Armed Forces of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African National Defence Force

Department of Defence → oversees → Armed Forces of South Africa ⓘ

subject surface form: Department of Defence (South Africa)

this entity surface form: South African National Defence Force

Total Strategy security doctrine → implementedBy → Armed Forces of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African Defence Force

Defence Act of South Africa → appliesTo → Armed Forces of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African National Defence Force

South African Navy → partOf → Armed Forces of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African National Defence Force

South African Navy → militaryBranchOf → Armed Forces of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African National Defence Force

South African Military Health Service → partOf → Armed Forces of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African National Defence Force

Jerusalem British War Cemetery → hasGravesOf → Armed Forces of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African forces

South African Border War → mainBelligerent → Armed Forces of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African Defence Force

FAL → usedBy → Armed Forces of South Africa ⓘ

subject surface form: FN FAL

this entity surface form: South African Defence Force

Orders, decorations, and medals of South Africa → usedBy → Armed Forces of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African National Defence Force

MK → successor → Armed Forces of South Africa ⓘ

subject surface form: Umkhonto we Sizwe

this entity surface form: South African National Defence Force (as part of integration)

Spear of the Nation → succeededBy → Armed Forces of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African National Defence Force (integration of its members)

Air Force Base Waterkloof (nearby) → partOf → Armed Forces of South Africa ⓘ

subject surface form: Air Force Base Waterkloof

this entity surface form: South African National Defence Force

Union Defence Force → replacedBy → Armed Forces of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African Defence Force

Union Defence Force → successor → Armed Forces of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African Defence Force

South Africa–Namibia border → borderSecurityAgencySouthAfrica → Armed Forces of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African National Defence Force

Last Post bugle call → usedBy → Armed Forces of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African National Defence Force

South African military memorials and cemeteries → maintainedBy → Armed Forces of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African National Defence Force

Carl-Gustaf M2 → usedBy → Armed Forces of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African National Defence Force

Broederbond → influencedInstitution → Armed Forces of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African Defence Force

Madagascar campaign → belligerent → Armed Forces of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African forces