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The Sandile Decoration, post-nominal letters SD, was instituted by the President of the Republic of Ciskei in 1988, for award to all ranks for meritorious service.Republic of Ciskei Constitution Act, no. 20 of 1981
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The Ciskei Defence Force
TheCiskei Defence Force
The Ciskei Defence Force (CDF) was established during March 1981 from the 141 Battalion of the South African Defence Force (SADF). It was the defence force of Ciskei, a bantustan that was controlled by the apartheid regime of South Africa. The CD ...
(CDF) was established upon that country's independence on 4 December 1981. The Republic of Ciskei ceased to exist on 27 April 1994 and the Ciskei Defence Force was amalgamated with six other military forces into the South African National Defence Force (SANDF).Warrant of the President of the Republic of South Africa for the Institution of the "UNITAS MEDAL-UNITAS-MEDALJE", Gazette no. 16087 dated 25 November 1994.
Institution
The Sandile Decoration, post-nominal letters SD, was instituted by the President of Ciskei in 1988. It is the senior award of a set of three decorations for merit, along with theSandile Medal
The Sandile Medal was instituted by the President of the Republic of Ciskei in 1988, for award to all ranks for meritorious service.Chief C.D.F. Commendation Medal.
Ciskei's military decorations and medals were modelled on those of the Republic of South Africa and these three decorations are the approximate equivalents of, respectively, the
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*Official CDF order of precedence:
** Preceded by the Cross for Gallantry (CCG).
** Succeeded by the Cross for Bravery (CCB).
*Ciskei official national order of precedence:
** Preceded by the Sandile Decoration (SD) (Civilian Division).
** Succeeded by the Prisons Service Star for Excellence (PSE).
;South African National Defence Force from 27 April 1994:
*Official SANDF order of precedence:
** Preceded by the Distinguished Service Medal, Gold of the Republic of Venda.
** Succeeded by the Van Riebeeck Medal (VRM) of the Republic of South Africa.
*Official national order of precedence:
** Preceded by the Prisons Distinguished Service Medal (SPO) of the Republic of Venda.
** Succeeded by the Prisons Service Star for Excellence (PSE) of the Republic of Ciskei.
;South African National Defence Force from April 1996:
*Official SANDF order of precedence:
** Preceded by the Distinguished Service Medal, Gold of the Republic of Venda.
** Succeeded by the Decoration for Merit in Gold (DMG) of Umkhonto we Sizwe.
*Official national order of precedence:
** Preceded by the Prisons Distinguished Service Medal (SPO) of the Republic of Venda.
** Succeeded by the Prisons Service Star for Excellence (PSE) of the Republic of Ciskei.
The position of the Sandile Decoration in the official order of precedence remained unchanged upon the institution of a new set of honours on 27 April 2003.
/ref> ;Reverse The reverse displays the Coat of Arms of the Republic of Ciskei. ;Ribbon The ribbon is 32 millimetres wide and white, with 5 millimetres wide red edges and a 4 millimetres wide red band in the centre.
Southern Cross Decoration
The Southern Cross Decoration, post-nominal letters SD, is a South African military decoration for merit which was instituted by the Republic on 1 July 1975. It was awarded to officers of the South African Defence Force for outstanding service ...
and Pro Merito Decoration, the Southern Cross Medal (1975) and Pro Merito Medal (1975), and the Military Merit Medal.
The decoration was named after Chief Mgolombane Sandile, who had been declared as deposed and a fugitive by Major General Sir Henry George Wakelyn Smith Bt GCB, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Cape of Good Hope
The Cape of Good Hope ( af, Kaap die Goeie Hoop ) ;''Kaap'' in isolation: pt, Cabo da Boa Esperança is a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa.
A common misconception is that the Cape of Good Hope is ...
, after he refused to attend a meeting with Smith outside Fort Cox in December 1850. Sandile subsequently besieged the fort and the 8th Cape Frontier War broke out, the longest and bloodiest of the frontier wars.The South African Military History Society - Military History Journal Vol 3 No 1, June 1974 - Sir Harry Smith, By Andrew L. Harington(Access date 27 April 2015)
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Award criteria
The decoration could be awarded to all ranks for meritorious service.(Accessed 1 May 2015)
Order of wear
Since the Sandile Decoration was authorised for wear by one of the statutory forces which came to be part of theSouth African National Defence Force
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) comprises the armed forces of South Africa. The commander of the SANDF is appointed by the President of South Africa from one of the armed services. They are in turn accountable to the Minister ...
on 27 April 1994, it was accorded a position in the official South African order of precedence on that date. The position of the Sandile Decoration in the official order of precedence was revised twice after 1994, to accommodate the inclusion or institution of new decorations and medals, first in April 1996, when decorations and medals were belatedly instituted for the two former non-statutory forces, the Azanian People's Liberation Army
The Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA), formerly known as Poqo, was the military wing of the Pan Africanist Congress, an African nationalist movement in South Africa. In the Xhosa language, the word 'Poqo' means 'pure'.
After attacks o ...
and Umkhonto we Sizwe, and again upon the institution of a new set of honours on 27 April 2003.Republic of South Africa Government Gazette Vol. 477, no. 27376, Pretoria, 11 March 2005,
;Ciskei Defence Force until 26 April 1994:
*Official CDF order of precedence:
** Preceded by the Cross for Gallantry (CCG).
** Succeeded by the Cross for Bravery (CCB).
*Ciskei official national order of precedence:
** Preceded by the Sandile Decoration (SD) (Civilian Division).
** Succeeded by the Prisons Service Star for Excellence (PSE).
;South African National Defence Force from 27 April 1994:
*Official SANDF order of precedence:
** Preceded by the Distinguished Service Medal, Gold of the Republic of Venda.
** Succeeded by the Van Riebeeck Medal (VRM) of the Republic of South Africa.
*Official national order of precedence:
** Preceded by the Prisons Distinguished Service Medal (SPO) of the Republic of Venda.
** Succeeded by the Prisons Service Star for Excellence (PSE) of the Republic of Ciskei.
;South African National Defence Force from April 1996:
*Official SANDF order of precedence:
** Preceded by the Distinguished Service Medal, Gold of the Republic of Venda.
** Succeeded by the Decoration for Merit in Gold (DMG) of Umkhonto we Sizwe.
*Official national order of precedence:
** Preceded by the Prisons Distinguished Service Medal (SPO) of the Republic of Venda.
** Succeeded by the Prisons Service Star for Excellence (PSE) of the Republic of Ciskei.
The position of the Sandile Decoration in the official order of precedence remained unchanged upon the institution of a new set of honours on 27 April 2003.
Description
;Obverse The Sandile Decoration is a medallion struck in silver, 38 millimetres in diameter and without a raised rim, displaying the eagle emblem of the Ciskei Defence Force in a laurel wreath.Uniform: SA Army: Former Forces Medals - Ciskei Defence Force (CDF)/ref> ;Reverse The reverse displays the Coat of Arms of the Republic of Ciskei. ;Ribbon The ribbon is 32 millimetres wide and white, with 5 millimetres wide red edges and a 4 millimetres wide red band in the centre.
Discontinuation
Conferment of the Sandile Decoration was discontinued when the Republic of Ciskei ceased to exist on 27 April 1994.See also
* Sir Harry Smith's Medal for GallantryReferences
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