16 Reception Depot

April 2022 16 Reception Depot SADF era 16 Reception Depot emblem.jpg 16 Reception Depot emblem South Africa 1928 Republic of South Africa South Africa 1994 Republic of South Africa South Africa 1981 South Africa 1994 Mobilisation Depot South African Personnel Service Corps 16 Reception Depot was an administrative unit of the Personnel Service Corps of the South African Army. History Origin 16 Reception Depot was activated as the reception depot to service the then Western Cape Command.https://sadf.info/UnitArmyPersonnelGeneral.html SADF.info sadf.info SADF era and the Bush War The unit was used to mobilize white troops in the greater Western Cape area. This involved: the registering of young white males at schools the issuing of call-up papers confirmation of the recruits arrival the transport of these recruits to various allotted training units SANDF era By the early 2000s, Commands were no longer responsible for individual recruitment, making Reception Depots essentially redundant.Naidoo Goonasagree Kahn Sinval Transformational Leadership: Case for the South African National Defence Force Administratio Publica September 2011 19 3 https://uir.unisa.ac.za/bitstream/handle/10500/21062/Transformational%20leadership%20in%20the%20SANDF.pdf?sequence=1 1015-4833 Insignia center|500px|SADF era 16 Reception Depot insignia References South Africa Category:South African Army Category:Disbanded military units and formations in Cape Town