South West Africa Territorial Force

South West African Territorial Force
SWATF Insignia
Active1977–1989
CountrySouth Africa South West Africa
Branch South African Defence Force
Size10,100 (1981)
22,000 (1987)
Part ofDepartment of Defence for South West Africa
Garrison/HQWindhoek, South West Africa
Namibia, with a long Atlantic coastline, borders Angola, Botswana, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe

The South West Africa Territorial Force (SWATF) was an auxiliary arm of the South African Defence Force (SADF) and comprised the armed forces of South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1977 to 1989.[1] It emerged as a product of South Africa's political control of the territory which was granted to the former as a League of Nations mandate following World War I.[2]

  1. ^ Duignan, Peter. Politics and Government in African States 1960–1985. pp. 345–377.
  2. ^ "SWAPO – SWATF/Koevoet". Swapoparty.org. Retrieved 30 April 2013.