43 SA Brigade
Active2 April 1997–present
Country South Africa
BranchSouth African Army
RoleTo provide a combat ready Brigade Headquarters for the employment by CSANDF as required.[1]
Part ofChief of Army (administrative)
HQ SANDF (operational)
Motto(s)Combat Power
ColorsGreen and Black
Insignia
EmblemMechanised Infantry Fist

43 South African Brigade is a formation of the South African Army. It was established on 2 April 1997 at Wallmannsthal, Gauteng as 43 Mechanised Brigade and then changed to 43 South African Brigade in 1999. Administratively, the headquarters answers to the Chief of the Army. Operationally and for force training, the formation takes instructions from the Joint Operations Division.[2] Units and subunits are attached as required for the task at hand. When not required, those units remain part of their respective type formations.

History

The history of the brigade dates back to the late 1990s when HQ 43 Mechanised Brigade HQ provided the Headquarters of the Combined SADC Task Force and commanded the intervention stage of Operation Boleas in Lesotho in September 1998.

In 2009 43 SA Brigade provided the Military Component Force HQ for the SADC Standby Force during Exercise GOLFINHO.[3]

Mandate

Its mandate is: "To provide combat-ready land forces for the pursuance of national defence and the prevention of war, failing which, to jointly and preferably multinationally, swiftly and decisively achieve national security goals and collaboratively promoting peace and stability internally and externally in concurrence with international obligations to contribute to the development and upliftment of South Africa, its people and the African continent."

Insignia

Dress Insignia

SANDF 43 Brigade insignia

Leadership

General Officers Commanding
From 43 South African Brigade To
1997 Col Robbie Hartslief 1998
1998 Brig Vusi Sindane 2001
2002 Brig Gen Dumisani Mdtutyana 2005
c. 2005 Brig Gen Lawrence Smith[4] 2014
2015 Brig Gen Xolani Mankayi[5] Incumbent

References

  1. ^ "43 Brigade: About Us".
  2. ^ Engelbrecht, Leon (2007). A guide to the SANDF - unpublished manuscript. Johannesburg.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ "43 SA Brigade 15 Year Span". Dod.mil.za. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  4. ^ Helfrich, Kim (8 January 2015). "Senior SANDF promotions". defenceweb.co.za. DefenceWeb. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  5. ^ Wicomb, Garnett (25 February 2015). "SANDF officers in court". The New Age. Archived from the original on 25 February 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2015.

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