Another example of the contribution made to border security by the SA Army Reserve Force comes from Potchefstroom-based Regiment General de la Rey, deployed on the Mpumalanga/Eswatini border.

The regiment’s Charlie Company, working with Border Management Authority (BMA) personnel, on a routine patrol in the Oshoek port of entry (POE) area on 27 August “observed a suspicious vehicle” approaching. “Acting on instinct and training,” according to Staff Sergeant Joseph Matlapeng, “the patrol initiated a stop”. The order was ignored with the lone occupant of the Opel panel van fleeing on foot.

Inspecting the vehicle, soldiers and BMA guards found 17 bags of dagga with an estimated value of R2.7 million.

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