A watan Janairun 1943, shugabannin Allied sun yanke shawara a taron Casablanca don ci gaba da yaki ta hanyar
mamaye Sicily, rage bukatar yawan rundunonin soji idan aka kwatanta da wadanda ake bukata a Yammacin Hamada. Wannan, tare da ƙarin ƙarancin ma'aikata ya haifar da tsare-tsaren da aka yi na 1st South African Armored Division da aka yi watsi da shi, tare da 6th Division kawai ana ɗaukar su masu amfani. Dukkanin brigades na 1st South African Infantry Division an dawo da su zuwa Afirka ta Kudu don sake horarwa da haɗuwa tare da wasu raka'a don samar da tsakiya na rukunin da aka yi da makamai. An kafa sashen a Afirka ta Kudu a ranar 1 ga Fabrairun 1943 tare da Manjo-Janar W.H.E. Poole a matsayin kwamandan kuma ya tashi zuwa Port Tewfik a Suez a ranar 30 ga Afrilu 1943 a matsayin rukunin brigade biyu, wanda ya kunshi Brigade na 11 da Brigade na 12.