Assumptions
It really annoys me when people refered to the SADF as the 'Apartheid' army!
The assumption appears to be that only whites served in the SADF, they are wrong! White and Black soldiers of the SADF fought and died side by side in all of the areas of the SADF theatre of war. The SADF was the most racial integrated group in South Africa. Between the units' lines many racial laws were non existing and from 1980 'Apartheid' did not exist anymore in South West Africa (Namibia).
It has been said that 'Apartheid' referred to the SADF was a private military force of the South African ruling party, the National Party. This is incorrect, the SADF was the official military force of the Republic of South Africa.
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