| Regiment Port Natal | |
|---|---|
 Regiment Port Natal emblem | |
| Active | 1969 |
| Country |  South Africa |
| Allegiance | |
| Branch | |
| Type | Infantry |
| Role | Motorised Infantry |
| Size | One Battalion |
| Part of | South African Infantry Corps Army Conventional Reserve |
| Garrison/HQ | Durban |
| Motto | Latin:Oppugnamus (Attack) |
Regiment Port Natal was amotorised infantryregiment of theSouth African Army. It formed part of theSouth African Army Infantry Formation. As a reserve unit, it had a status roughly equivalent to that of a present-dayBritishArmy Reserve or United StatesArmy National Guard unit.
In 1969,Durban Regiment was instructed to transfer all Afrikaans speaking unit members to a newly formed unit, Regiment Port Natal.[1]
Regiment Port Natal saw active service on internal security duties in the Natal Province.
Regiment Port Natal was assigned to 84 Motorised Brigade.
Regiment Port Natal was eventually amalgamated withDurban Light Infantry Regiment in the 1980s.
The Regiment was awarded its Regimental Colour – a wildebeest head with the mottoOppugnamus on a black silk background – in July 1974 by MrP W Botha, the then Minister of Defence.
On 14 July 1990, National Colours were presented to the Regiment by Major General D J Mortimer.
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