This is a list of the South African Commando Units. It includes some units which were created to assist in the training or support of the Commandos.
Unit List
Group 1 + SA Commando Units Unit Area Insignia Group 1 (HQ Kelvin) Youngsfield (10 x Commandos) Two Oceans Commando Cape Town Cape Flats Commando Cape Town False Bay Commando Cape Town Koeberg Commando Cape Town Lions Head Commando Cape Town Skiereiland Commando/Peninsula Commando Cape Town Tygerberg Commando Cape Town Wynberg Commando Cape Town Group 2 + SA Commando Units Unit Area Insignia Group 2 (HQ Oudtshoorn) GSB Oudtshoorn (8 x Commandos) Oudtshoorn Commando Oudtshoorn Worcester Commando Group 3 + SA Commando Units Unit Area Insignia Group 3 Alexander Bay Commando Springbok Commando Group 4 + SA Commando Units Unit Area Insignia Group 4 Knysna Commando Western Cape Mossel Bay Commando Western Cape Outeniekwa Commando Western Cape Riversdal Commando Western Cape Klein Karoo Commando Western Cape Group 5 + SA Commando Units Unit Area Insignia Group 5 Middel Karoo Commando De Aar Commando Group 6 + SA Commando Units Unit Area Insignia Group 6 (HQ Port Elizabeth) GSB Port Elizabeth 15 x Commandos De Mist Commando/Uitenhage Commando / Donkin Commando Humansdorp Commando Kirkwood Commando Port Elizabeth Commando Eastern Cape Recife Commando
Group 7 + SA Commando Units Unit Area Insignia Group 7 (HQ Grahamstown) Cradock Commando Katberg Commando Murraydeen Commando Somerset East Commando Stormberg Commando Midland Commando
Group 8 + SA Commando Units Unit Area Insignia Group 8 (HQ East London) Cately Commando East London East London Commando East London
Group 9 + SA Commando Units Unit Area Insignia Group 9 (HQ Pietermaritzburg) GSB Pietermaritzburg (5 x Commandos) Pietermaritzburg Commando/Natalia Regiment Umkomaas Commando Umvoti Commando Durban Midmar Commando Weenen-Kliprivier Commando Griqualand-East Commando
Group 10 + SA Commando Units Unit Area Insignia Group 10 (HQ Montclair, Durban) GSB Durban (6 x Commandos) Bluff Commando Highway Commando Umgeni Commando Durban South Commando Durban North Commando South Coast Commando Oribi Commando Group 11 + SA Commando Units Unit Area Insignia Group 11 (HQ Dundee) Drakensberg Commando Dundee and District Commando Group 12 + SA Commando Units Unit Area Insignia Group 12 (HQ Ermelo)GSB Nelspruit (11 x Commandos) Bethal Commando Ermelo Commando Piet Retief Commando Secunda Commando Standerton Commando Volksrust Commando Wakkerstroom Commando Group 13 + SA Commando Units Unit Area Insignia Group 13 Letaba Commando Phalaborwa Commando Group 14 + SA Commando Units Unit Area Insignia Group 14 (HQ Pietersburg) GSB Pietersburg (7 x Commandos) Pietersburg Commando Limpopo Commando(SMA) Magdol Commando Soutpansberg Commando(SMA) Thabazimbi Commando Warmbad Commando Waterberg Commando Nylstroom Potgietersrus Commando Group 15 + SA Commando Units Unit Area Insignia Group 15 (HQ Thaba Tshwane) GSB Thaba Tshwane (6 x Commandos) Broederstroom Commando Bronkhorstspruit Commando Hercules Commando Hillcrest Commando Irene Commando Moot Commando Munitoria Commando Pretoria East Commando Quaggapoort Commando Schanskop Commando Wonderboom Commando Group 16 + SA Commando Units Unit Area Insignia Group 16 (HQ Marievale) GSB Johannesburg (8 x Commandos) Delmas Commando Heidelberg Commando Nigel Commando Springs Commando Group 17 + SA Commando Units Unit Area Insignia Group 17 (HQ Midvaal) SASOL Commando Regiment Sasolburg Iscor Commando Krugersdorp Commando Meyerton Commando Vaal Commando Vanderbijl Commando Vereeniging Commando Group 18 + SA Commando Units Unit Area Insignia Group 18 (HQ Doornkop) GSB Johannesburg (11 x Commandos) East Park Commando Johannesburg East Commando Johannesburg West Commando Randburg Commando Roodepoort Commando Wemmerpan Commando West Rand Commando Group 19 + SA Commando Units Unit Area Insignia Group 19 Brits Commando Koster Commando Rustenburg Commando Zeerust Commando Group 20 + SA Commando Units Unit Area Insignia Group 20 (HQ Mmabatho) GSB Potchefstroom (9 x Commandos) Bloemhof Commando Christiana Commando Coligny Commando Lichtenburg Commando Marico Commando Ottosdal Commando Schweizer Reineke Commando Group 21 + SA Commando Units Unit Area Insignia Group 21 Kalahari Commando Kuruman Commando Mafikeng Commando Stellaland Commando Iscor Sishen Commando Group 22 + SA Commando Units Unit Area Insignia Group 22 (HQ Diskobolos) GSB Kimberley (10 x Commandos) 11 Commando Barkly West Commando Herbert Commando Hopetown Commando Kimberley Commando Karoo Commando Vaalharts Commando Victoria West Commando Group 23 + SA Commando Units Unit Area Insignia Group 23 (HQ Upington) GSB Lohathla (7 x Commandos) Boegoeberg Commando Gordonia Commando Kakamas Commando Hay Commando Orania Commando Prieska Commando Group 24 + SA Commando Units Unit Area Insignia Group 24 (HQ Kroonstad) GSB Kroonstad (17 x Commandos) Heilbron Commando Hoopstad Commando Koppies Commando Kroonstad Commando Lindley Commando Parys Commando SASOL Commando Regiment Sasolburg Senekal Commando Virginia Commando Vrede Commando Group 25 + SA Commando Units Unit Area Insignia Group 25 (HQ Bethlehem) Bethlehem Commando Frankfort Commando Harrismith Commando Reitz Commando Group 26 + SA Commando Units Unit Area Insignia Group 26 (HQ, Jacobsdal) Jacobsdal Commando Phillipolis Commando Rouxville Commando Winburg Commando Zastron Commando Group 27 + SA Commando Units Unit Area Insignia Group 27 (HQ Eshowe) GSB Ladysmith (5 x Commandos) Drakensberg Commando Kwa-Zulu Natal Dundee and District Commando Kwa-Zulu Natal Pongola Commando Kwa-Zulu Natal Tugela Commando Durban Insele Commando Kwa-Zulu Natal Northern Natal Commando Kwa-Zulu Natal Umkhombe Commando Kwa-Zulu Natal
Group 28 + SA Commando Units Unit Area Insignia Group 28 Belfast Commando Carolina Commando Loskop Commando Middelburg Commando Witbank Commando Group 29 + SA Commando Units Unit Area Insignia Group 29 Kudusrand Commando Limpopo Northam Commando Limpopo
Group 30 + SA Commando Units Unit Area Insignia Group 30 (HQ Potchefstroom) GSB Potchefstroom (12 x Commandos) Potchefstroom Commando Cachet Commando Delareyville Commando Gatsrand Commando Hartbeesfontein Commando Klerksdorp Commando NASChem Commando Orkney Commando/Noordvaal Commando Ventersdorp Commando Wolmaransstad Commando Group 31 + SA Commando Units Unit Area Insignia Group 31 (HQ Wellington) Caledon Commando Calvinia Commando Hantam Commando Paarl Commando Stellenbosch Commando Swellendam Commando Winterberg Commando Worcester Commando Group 32 + SA Commando Units Unit Area Insignia Group 32 (HQ Graaff-Reinet) Amatola Commando Graaff-Reinet Commando Group 33 + SA Commando Units Unit Area Insignia Group 33 (HQ Nelspruit) GSB Nelspruit (8 x Commandos) Barberton Commando Nelspruit Commando Kruger National Park Commando Lebombo Commando Long Tom Commando Lydenburg Commando Whiteriver Commando Group 34 + SA Commando Units Unit Area Insignia Group 34 (HQ Welkom) Bothaville Commando Bultfontein Commando Odendaalsrus Commando Theunissen Commando Sandrivier Commando Goudveld Commando Group 35 + SA Commando Units Unit Area Insignia Group 35 (HQ Bloemfontein) Bloemfontein City Commando Bloemfontein District Commando Boshof Commando Brandfort Commando Edenburg Commando Ficksburg Commando Smithfield Commando University OFS Commando Wepener Commando Fouriesburg Commando
Group 36 + SA Commando Units Unit Area Insignia Group 36 (HQ Tempe/Ladybrand) GSB Bloemfontein (16 x Commandos) Caledon River Commando Fauresmith Commando Ladybrand Commando Senekal Commando
Group 39 + SA Commando Units Unit Area Insignia Group 39 (HQ Queenstown) Aliwal North Commando Barkly East Commando Queenstown Commando
Group 40 + SA Commando Units Unit Area Insignia Group 40 (HQ Wingsfield) Clanwilliam Commando Piketberg Commando Swartland Commando Van Rhynsdorp Commando West Coast Commando
Group 41 + SA Commando Units Unit Area Insignia Group 41 (HQ Primrose) Atlas Commando Transvaal Benoni Commando Transvaal Brakpan Commando Transvaal Boksburg Commando Transvaal Germiston Commando Transvaal Kempton Park Commando Transvaal
Group 42 + SA Commando Units Unit Area Insignia Group 42 (HQ Lenz) Alberton Commando Edenvale Commando Modderfontein Commando Sandton Commando West Park Commando
Group 46 + SA Commando Units Unit Area Insignia Group 46 (HQ Umtata) GSB Port Elizabeth (7 x Commandos) Group 50 + SWATF Area Force Units Unit Area Insignia Group 50 Alte Feste Commando (SWATF) Namibia Bo-Nossob Commando (SWATF) Namibia Etosha Commando (SWATF) Grootfontein Commando (SWATF) Keetmanshoop Commando (SWATF) Maltahohe Commando (SWATF) Mariental Commando (SWATF) Otjiwarongo Commando (SWATF) Outjo Commando (SWATF) Walvis Bay Military Area Walvis Bay Commando Walvis Bay
Unsorted + SA Commando Units Unit Area Insignia Unsorted Danie Theron Combat School Northern Cape South West Karoo Commando South West Karoo Stormrivier Commando Western Cape
Notes
References
External links
South African Police Service