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− | '''One Reconnaissance Regiment''' was based in Durban and consisted of a training component and an operational wing which provided personnel for cross-border raids such as those on Matola and Maseru. In the 1980s it was a predominantly black unit with white senior officers and with a strength of approximately 1 000. Officers commanding 1RR were Cmdt [[Jan Breytenbach|JG ‘Jannie’ Breytenbach]] (1972-75); Maj (T/Cmdt) [[JC Swart]] (1975-81); Col. [[E Olckers]] (1981-83); Col. [[A Bestbier]] (1983-88); Col. [[G Keulder]] (1988-)<ref>[http://www.doj.gov.za/trc/report/finalreport/TRC%20VOLUME%202.pdf Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa Report - Volume Two], Chapter Three, p322-323.</ref> | + | '''One Reconnaissance Regiment''' was based in Durban and consisted of a training component and an operational wing which provided personnel for cross-border raids such as those on Matola and Maseru. In the [[1980s]] it was a predominantly black unit with white senior officers and with a strength of approximately 1 000. Officers commanding 1RR were Cmdt [[Jan Breytenbach|JG ‘Jannie’ Breytenbach]] (1972-75); Maj (T/Cmdt) [[JC Swart]] (1975-81); Col. [[E Olckers]] (1981-83); Col. [[A Bestbier]] (1983-88); Col. [[G Keulder]] (1988-)<ref>[http://www.doj.gov.za/trc/report/finalreport/TRC%20VOLUME%202.pdf Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa Report - Volume Two], Chapter Three, p322-323.</ref> |
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One Reconnaissance Regiment was based in Durban and consisted of a training component and an operational wing which provided personnel for cross-border raids such as those on Matola and Maseru. In the 1980s it was a predominantly black unit with white senior officers and with a strength of approximately 1 000. Officers commanding 1RR were Cmdt JG ‘Jannie’ Breytenbach (1972-75); Maj (T/Cmdt) JC Swart (1975-81); Col. E Olckers (1981-83); Col. A Bestbier (1983-88); Col. G Keulder (1988-)[1]
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References
- ↑ Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa Report - Volume Two, Chapter Three, p322-323.