Kaffrarian Rifles

Buffalo Volunteer Rifles
SANDF Buffalo Volunteers emblem
Active	1876 to present
Country	South Africa
Allegiance	Republic of South Africa  Republic of South Africa
Branch	South African Army  South African Army
Type	Infantry
Role	Infantry
Size	One battalion
Part of	South African Infantry Formation Army Conventional Reserve
Garrison/HQ	East London
Motto(s)	Nunc animus (Now with courage)
Battle honours	Gaika-Gcaleka 1877 Bechuanaland 1897 South Africa 1899 - 1902 South-West Africa 1914 - 1915 Western Desert 1941 - 1943 Bardia South-West Africa/Zambia 1979 South-West Africa/Angola 1975 - 1976 South-West Africa/Angola 1976 - 1989
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Company level Insignia
SA Motorised Infantry beret bar circa 1992	SA Motorised Infantry beret bar

The Buffalo Volunteer Rifles (BVR) (formerly the Kaffrarian Rifles) is an infantry regiment of the South African Army. As a reserve unit, it has a status roughly equivalent to that of a British Army Reserve or United States Army National Guard unit.

This unit was formed in East London in 1876, as the Buffalo Corps of Rifle Volunteers, for service in the 9th Frontier War. It disbanded in 1879. (East London is situated on the Buffalo River, hence the name).

The unit was re-formed in July 1883 and was named after the region of Kaffraria, the 19th-century name for the region around East London. There had previously been many other units from this region, from which the Regiment can also claim descent:

On 1 December 1900 George Herbert Farrar was appointed as a Major in the Kaffrarian Rifles.

By 1913 the unit was embodied in the Citizen Force as the 5th Infantry (Kaffrarian Rifles), but regained its old name in 1932. The unit was temporarily amalgamated with the First City Regiment, as the First City/The Kaffrarian Rifles from 1954 to 1956.

This Regiment and its predecessors took part in all of South Africa's armed conflicts, including:

In order to keep pace with the changing political climate in South Africa, the regiment was renamed the Buffalo Volunteer Rifles in 1999.

As of 2014 this regiment is considered to be a "fully integrated and representative" army unit. Members have been attached to the United Nations Operation in Burundi and recently a Rifle company returned from the Democratic Republic of the Congo after a six-month spell of active duty as part of MONUSCO.