page_title: Transkei Defence Force
section_title: Disbandment
hierarchical_section_title: Transkei Defence Force / Disbandment
caption_attribution_description: English: Transkei Defence Force Army Flag
context_page_description: The Transkei Defence Force was established during March 1981, from the 141 Battalion of the South African Defence Force. It was the defence force of the Republic of Transkei, a nominally independent bantustan during the Apartheid era of South Africa.
context_section_description: With the end of Apartheid in 1994 in South Africa, the former defence forces of the Bantustans were incorporated into the newly formed South African National Defence Force. 
  The  SANDF's new 14 South African Infantry Battalion heraldry clearly originates from the Transkei Defence Force, its forbear.
caption: Transkei Defence Force Army Flag
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