Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(S.Afr.) a junior National Serviceman, part of the latest intake; also attrib.

1975		J.H. Picard Eng. Usage in Southern Afr. VI:1 36: The new recruits are called roofies, a roof becomes a blougat, when he is halfway through his course [DSAE].
1980		Sun. Times (Jo’burg) 4 May (Mag. Sect.) 4: (caption) We love introducing the new intakes to the army with a ‘rofe ride’ from the station to the camp [DSAE].
1991		informant in DSAE (1996).