Following on from the first steps of the Association tentatively taken in the Pretoria region in 1943, two more branches were formed. Cape Town in mid-1946 and then, shortly afterwards, Johannesburg in October of that year. It was then realised that a controlling body should be organised to co-ordinate the various branches and, therefore, an Area Office was formed in March 1948 in Johannesburg.

In later years another seven branches were formed in Durban, Port Elizabeth, East London, Queenstown, Grahamstown, Somerset West and Natal Midlands.

In 1993, Grahamstown was forced to call it a day through lack of membership and the advancing age of those who remained - soon to be followed by Queenstown, in the following year.

Sadly, again in May 2002, the reaper has removed yet another branch from our area. Hottentots Holland (Somerset West) has had to throw in the towel and laid up their Standard at the SAAF Air Force Museum Ysterplaat (Cape Town).

South African Area is currently represented by seven branches and is watched over by an Area Office now situated in the mother city, Cape Town.