In 1793 this unit was re-formed in Cape Town as the Pandour Corps with 200 men under the command of Captain Jan Cloete, only to be disbanded again in 1795.

It was organised as a British imperial regiment of ten companies and retained all the personnel of the Hottentot Corps.

[2] Headquartered in Cape Town, initially based at Rietvlei, it was organised as a typical colonial unit with British officers and Coloured other ranks.

On 24 September 1817 the Regiment was reduced in size (a previous order to completely disband having either been ignored or rescinded) to two small units of about 200 men for the defence of the Cape Colony's eastern frontier.

The battalion was completely disbanded in 1870 when military service was abolished for Coloureds, although its name and traditions were appropriated in 1878 by another (all-White) Cape Mounted Riflemen.

This unit was assigned the role of a non-combatant service corps with a pioneer battalion and five motor transport companies.

During the period 1979 to 1989 the South African Cape Corps (SACC) was substantially expanded: In 1990 the SACC was reduced to a single battalion and redesignated 9 South African Infantry Battalion which was reroled as a seaborne light infantry unit.

The Cape Corps' most famous combat operation is the Battle of Square Hill which took place in what was then known as Palestine on 16, 17 and 18 September 1918.

While known as the SACC this unit served regularly in Namibia during the South African Border War.