General Constand Viljoen SSA SD SOE SM (b 1933) was a South African military commander. He joined the South African Army as an artilleryman in 1954. In the 1960s, he commanded the School of Artillery and the SA Army College, and in the early 1970s he was Director of Artillery. He was the senior officer in the campaign in Angola in 1975-1976. 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... List of South African military chiefs South African Defence Force The South African Defence Force was established in 1912 as the Union Defence Forces. ... The South African Army is the army of South Africa, also known in Afrikaans as the Suid-Afrikaanse Leër. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...
He served as Chief of the Army from 1976 to 1980, and as Chief of the SA Defence Force from 1980 to 1985. In 1994 he entered politics as leader of the Freedom Front Party, representing conservative Afrikaner interests. 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is the name of the armed forces of South Africa. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Afrikaners are white South Africans of predominantly Calvinist Dutch, German, French Huguenot, Friesian and Walloon descent who speak Afrikaans. ...
Viljoen, who recently retired from politics, told how indiscipline by right-wing Afrikaners in the field of combat helped avert a plunge by the country into wholesale war.
Viljoen's men, who sabotaged South African infrastructure such as electricity pylons late in 1993, started infiltrating the homeland to conduct reconnaissance ahead of rumoured ANC 'hard action'.
Viljoen said the effect that this abortive action had on his thinking was important.
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