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    The Ciskei Defence Force (CDF) was established during March 1981 from the 141 Battalion of the South African Defence Force (SADF). It was the defence force...
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    1981, the Ciskei Defence Force consisted of two battalions and an air wing. Ciskei Police Ciskei Police - Law Enforcement Division Ciskei Prisons Service...
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    the Ciskei Defence Force during a protest march when they attempted to enter Bisho (now renamed to Bhisho) to demand the reincorporation of Ciskei into...
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    37-year-old Brigadier Oupa Gqozo, the Chief of Staff Intelligence of the Ciskei Defence Force, against the government of President for Life Lennox Sebe (CNIP)...
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  • service. The Ciskei Defence Force (CDF) was established upon that country's independence on 4 December 1981. The Republic of Ciskei ceased to exist on...
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    The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) comprises the armed forces of South Africa. The Chief of the SANDF is appointed by the President of South...
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  • African Defence Force: Bophuthatswana Defence Force: (1977-1994) Ciskei Defence Force: (1981-1994) Transkei Defence Force: (1981-1994) Venda Defence Force: (1979-1994)...
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    Chief C.D.F. Commendation Medal (category Military decorations and medals of Ciskei)
    Republic of Ciskei in 1992, for award to all ranks for service commended by the Chief of the Ciskei Defence Force. The Ciskei Defence Force (CDF) was established...
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    Transkei Defence Force (TDF) was established during March 1981, from the 141 Battalion of the South African Defence Force (SADF). It was the defence force of...
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  • Ciskei in 1981, for award to all serving members of the Ciskei Defence Force on 4 December 1981 to commemorate the independence of Ciskei. The Ciskei...
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    of Ciskei, which still maintained a measure of independence, and removal of the homeland's leader Brigadier Oupa Gqozo. The Ciskei Defence Force opened...
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  • Sandile Medal (category Military decorations and medals of Ciskei)
    the President of the Republic of Ciskei in 1988, for award to all ranks for meritorious service. The Ciskei Defence Force (CDF) was established upon that...
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    The Ciskei government banned the marchers from entering Bisho. Kasrils led an unarmed group in an attempt to break through the Ciskei Defence Force lines...
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    land warfare force of South Africa, a part of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), along with the South African Air Force, South African...
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  • Oupa Gqozo (category Heads of state of Ciskei)
    African Defence Force (SADF) and worked as a soldier and chief clerk of 21 Battalion based in Lenasia, Johannesburg. The Ciskei Defence Force (CDF) was...
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  • Medal for Long Service, Bronze (category Military decorations and medals of Ciskei)
    President of the Republic of Ciskei in 1988, for award to all ranks for ten years faithful service. The Ciskei Defence Force (CDF) was established upon...
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  • Sandile Decoration (category Military decorations and medals of Ciskei)
    the President of the Republic of Ciskei in 1988, for award to all ranks for meritorious service. The Ciskei Defence Force (CDF) was established upon that...
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    Bophuthatswana Defence Force (Afrikaans: Bophuthatswana Weermag; BDF) was established on 6 December 1977 from trainees of the South African Defence Force. It was...
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  • President's Medal for Shooting (category Military decorations and medals of Ciskei)
    instituted by the President of the Republic of Ciskei in 1988, for award to champion shots. The Ciskei Defence Force (CDF) was established upon that country's...
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    The Union Defence Force (UDF) (Afrikaans: Unie-Verdedigingsmag) comprised the armed forces of South Africa from 1 July 1912, when the Defence Act (No 13...
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    The Venda Defence Force (VDF) was established in September 1982 from the 112 Battalion of the South African Defence Force and the military branch of the...
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  • group fighting against the military junta in Chin State, Myanmar Ciskei Defence Force "Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF)": former name of...
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    the government of Oupa Gqozo in the homeland of Ciskei, were opened fire on by the Ciskei Defence Force in the homeland's capital, Bhisho, killing 29 people...
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    Force 5S-TA & 5S-TB. 'TA now preserved at Militärluftfahrtmuseum, Zeltweg AB  Botswana Botswana Defence Force Air Wing  Ciskei Ciskei Defence Force  Ecuador...
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    Branch of the Union Defence Forces in 1913. In 1915, the defence forces established the South African Overseas Expeditionary Force for war service outside...
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  • police force Venda Defence Force and its police force Ciskei Defence Force and its police force Kwandebele Police Force Gazankulu Police Force Lebowa...
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  • Charles Sebe (category Ciskei)
    General Xhanti Charles Sebe was leader of the Ciskei Defence Force- the military of the Bantustan of Ciskei, and its Director of State Security. A former...
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    head. The Ciskei Defence Force killed 29 people and injured 200 when they opened fire on ANC marchers demanding the reincorporation of the Ciskei homeland...
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    of Military Rule and Experiences of Black Women in the South African Defence Force 32 Battalion Military Community". The Journal of African History "Official...
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  • gain independence from the Air Force until 3 November 1959. Date first aircraft obtained; the Barbados Defence Force itself was established in 1979....
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