Potchefstroom Commando

At the beginning of the Second Boer War, this units commandant was A.P.J. Cronjé, who was later replaced by P.J. Liebenberg.

The commando had an initial strength of 1,249 and fought at :

• Ottoshoop,
• the Siege of Mafeking,
• the Battle of Modder River,
• the Battle of Magersfontein,
• the Battle of Poplar Grove,
• the Battle of Donkerhoek,
• the Battle of Bronkhorstspruit,
• the Battle of Bergendal,
• the Brandwater Basin,
• the 1st de Wet hunt, at Gatsrand and at
• Hartbeesfontein.{{Cite book|title=The Hall Handbook of the Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902|last=Hall|first=Darrell|publisher=University of Natal Press|year=1999|isbn=9780869809495|location=Pietermaritzburg|pages=13, 17}}

By 1902 all Commando remnants were under British military control and disarmed.

By 1912, however previous Commando members could join shooting associations.

By 1940, such commandos were under control of the National Reserve of Volunteers.

These commandos were formally reactivated by 1948.

The unit resorted under the command of Group 30.

The Old First Prison was used as this commandos HQ till 1998.

During this era, the unit was mainly used for area force protection, search and cordons as well as stock theft control assistance to the rural police.

This unit, along with all other Commando units was disbanded after a decision by South African President Thabo Mbeki to disband all Commando Units.{{cite web |url=http://www.issafrica.org/Pubs/ASR/6No2/VanStade.html |title=Rationalisation in the SANDF: The Next Challenge |access-date=5 March 2015 |year=1997 |author=Col L B van Stade, Senior Staff Officer Rationalisation, SANDF |publisher=Institute for Security Studies |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316204323/https://issafrica.org/pubs/asr/6no2/vanstade.html |archive-date=16 March 2016 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.saps.gov.za/statistics/reports/rural_safety/eng/pages/no2e.htm|title=About the Commando system|access-date=17 January 2008}} The Commando system was phased out between 2003 and 2008 "because of the role it played in the apartheid era", according to the Minister of Safety and Security Charles Nqakula.{{cite web|last1=de Lange|first1=Deon|title=South Africa: Commandos Were 'Hostile to New SA'|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200805290408.html|work=Cape Argus|access-date=5 March 2015|url-access=subscription }}

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