Named South African Defence Force / SWA Territory Force / Koevoet operations, mostly from the Border War (1966-1989). A person record links to the operation it happened during where that is known from the source material; every operation is listed here even where nothing links to it yet.
| Operation | Dates | Theatre | Linked records |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thukela Heights (Tugela Heights; Battle of the Thukela Heights; Battle of the Tugela Heights; Relief of Ladysmith (final phase)) | 1900-02-12 – 1900-02-28 | Natal (Thukela / Tugela River; Colenso to Pieters Ridge / Ladysmith) | 100 |
| East Africa (WWI) (German East Africa; Latema-Reata) | 1914 – 1918 | German East Africa / British East Africa | 0 |
| 1914 Rebellion (Maritz Rebellion; Afrikaner Rebellion; Boer Rebellion 1914; Five Shilling Rebellion) | 1914-09 – 1915-02 | Union of South Africa (Transvaal, Free State, Northern Cape) / German South-West Africa border | 21 |
| German South-West Africa (GSWA; South-West Africa Campaign) | 1914-09 – 1915-07-09 | German South-West Africa | 3 |
| Latema-Reata (Battle of Latema-Reata) | 1916-03-11 – 1916-03-12 | German East Africa (Taveta / Latema-Reata ridge) | 0 |
| Crusader (Operation Crusader) | 1941-11-18 – 1941-12-30 | Western Desert (Libya / Egypt) | 4 |
| Bardia (1941–42) (Attack on Bardia) | 1941-12 – 1942-01 | Western Desert (Bardia, Libya) | 12 |
| Tobruk (1942) (Fall of Tobruk) | 1942-06-20 – 1942-06-21 | Western Desert (Tobruk, Libya) | 1 |
| Blouwildebees | 1960s | South West Africa | 0 |
| Nickel | 1966 | Rhodesia | 0 |
| Cauldron | 1968-03 – 1968-04 | Rhodesia | 0 |
| Alcora Exercise | 1970s | Southern Africa | 0 |
| Hurricane | 1972-12 | Rhodesia (north-east) | 0 |
| Savannah | 1975-10-14 – 1976-03-27 | Angola | 16 |
| Repulse | 1976 | Rhodesia (south-east) | 0 |
| Thrasher | 1976 | Rhodesia (eastern) | 0 |
| Manyatela | 1976-12-30 – 1977-01-17 | Mozambique / Rhodesia | 2 |
| Aztec | 1977-05-28 – 1977-06-02 | Mozambique | 0 |
| Dingo | 1977-11-23 – 1977-11-26 | Mozambique (Chimoio / Tembue) | 0 |
| Bruilof | 1978 | Angola | 0 |
| Seiljag | 1978 | Angola | 8 |
| Reindeer | 1978-05-04 – 1978-05-06 | Angola | 8 |
| Snoopy | 1978-09-20 – 1978-09-21 | Mozambique (Chimoio) | 1 |
| Rekstok | 1979 | Angola | 0 |
| Safraan | 1979 | Angola | 1 |
| Bastille (Aspect) | 1979-04-12 – 1979-04-13 | Zambia | 0 |
| Uric (Bootlace) | 1979-09-01 – 1979-09-07 | Mozambique (Mapai / Barragem) | 8 |
| Miracle | 1979-10-03 | Mozambique (Gaza) | 4 |
| Interrupt | 1980 | Angola / Kaokoland | 0 |
| Klipklop | 1980 | Angola | 0 |
| Winter | 1980 | South West Africa / Angola | 0 |
| Sceptic (Smokeshell) | 1980-06-01 – 1980-06-30 | Angola | 21 |
| Vastrap | 1980-07 | South West Africa / Angola | 3 |
| Wishbone | 1980-12 | Angola | 0 |
| Carnation | 1981 | Angola | 1 |
| Konyn | 1981 | Angola | 0 |
| Vasbyt | 1981 | South West Africa | 0 |
| Protea | 1981-08-23 – 1981-09-04 | Angola | 17 |
| Daisy | 1981-11 | Angola | 5 |
| Kerslig | 1981-12 | Angola | 0 |
| Super | 1982 | Angola | 3 |
| President Kruger–Tafelberg collision (SAS President Kruger sinking; PK collision) | 1982-02-18 | South Atlantic (approx. 76 nm south of Cape Point) | 16 |
| Meebos | 1982-03 | Angola | 1 |
| Rekstok III | 1982-03 | Angola | 0 |
| Bravo | 1982-10 | Angola | 0 |
| Barrage | 1983 | Angola | 0 |
| Dolfyn | 1983 | Angola | 3 |
| Drama | 1983 | Zimbabwe / Matabeleland | 5 |
| Karton | 1983 | Angola | 0 |
| Klinker | 1983 | Angola | 0 |
| Maanskyn | 1983 | Angola | 0 |
| Phoenix | 1983 | Angola | 0 |
| Skerwe | 1983 | Angola | 0 |
| Askari | 1983-12-09 – 1984-01-19 | Angola | 36 |
| Catamaran (Catamaran 1; Catamaran 2) | 1984 – 1985-03-19 | Angola (Menongue) | 0 |
| Gordel | 1984 | South West Africa / Angola | 0 |
| Nobilis | 1984 | Angola | 0 |
| Abrasion | 1985 | Angola | 0 |
| Boswilger | 1985 | Angola | 0 |
| Egret | 1985 | Angola | 0 |
| Kabul | 1985 | Angola | 0 |
| Magneto | 1985 | Angola | 0 |
| Salamander | 1985 | Angola | 0 |
| Wallpaper | 1985 | Angola | 0 |
| Argon | 1985-05-21 | Cabinda, Angola | 2 |
| Cerebus (Cerberus) | 1985-10-11 – 1985-12-03 | Angola | 0 |
| Abduct (Abduct 1; Abduct 2) | 1986 – 1987 | Angola | 0 |
| Alpha Centauri | 1986 | Angola | 0 |
| Southern Cross | 1986 | Angola | 0 |
| Caudad | 1986-05-20 | Zimbabwe | 0 |
| Firewood | 1987 | Angola | 16 |
| Moduler (Modular) | 1987-08-01 – 1987-11-15 | Angola (Lomba River / Mavinga) | 18 |
| Hooper | 1987-12-01 – 1988-02-29 | Angola (Cuito Cuanavale) | 11 |
| Displace | 1988 | Angola / South West Africa | 0 |
| Excite (Hilti) | 1988 | Angola | 0 |
| Prone | 1988 | Angola | 0 |
| Vuiswys | 1988 | Angola | 0 |
| Packer | 1988-03-01 – 1988-04-30 | Angola (Cuito Cuanavale) | 2 |
| Agree | 1989 | South West Africa | 0 |
| Linger | 1989 | South West Africa | 0 |
| Merlyn | 1989 | South West Africa | 0 |
| Operation Boleas | 1998-09 | Lesotho | 13 |
| Operation Fibre | 2001 – 2009 | Burundi | 20 |
| Operation Mistral / Thiba | 2001 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 53 |
| Operation Cordite | 2004 – 2016 | Sudan (Darfur) | 9 |
| Operation Vimbezela | 2007 – 2013 | Central African Republic | 15 |
| Operation Copper | 2011 | Mozambique Channel | 1 |
| Operation Vikela | 2021 | Mozambique | 2 |