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Lindile Yam
Lt General Lindile Yam (born on 8 August 1960) is the former SANDF Chief of staff and the former Chief of the South African Army. Career He joined Umkhonto we Sizwe, the military wing of the ANC, in 1981 and became part of the South African National Defence Force in 1994 when all the forces were integrated. He served as an Officer Commanding of the 13 South African Infantry Battalion from November 1994 to November 1997. He attended the Royal College of Defence Studies in 1995 for a Global Security Strategy Course. He served as the 18th Commandant of the South African Military Academy from 2009 to 2011. He was promoted to major general and was appointed as the 3rd GOC South African Army Infantry Formation on 1 November 2011. He formally took over command on 2 March 2012 at a parade at the SA Army College in Thaba Tshwane Thaba Tshwane is a military base (or military area) in Pretoria, South Africa. Units and facilities The oldest building in the complex is the Sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lieutenant General
Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the battlefield, who was normally subordinate to a captain general. In modern armies, lieutenant general normally ranks immediately below general and above major general; it is equivalent to the navy rank of vice admiral, and in air forces with a separate rank structure, it is equivalent to air marshal. A lieutenant general commands an army corps, made up of typically three army divisions, and consisting of around 60 000 to 70 000 soldiers (U.S.). The seeming incongruity that a lieutenant general outranks a major general (whereas a major outranks a lieutenant) is due to the derivation of major general from sergeant major general, which was a rank subordinate to lieutenant general (as a lieutenant outranks a sergeant major). In contrast, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SANDF VIP Visit FIB DRC 2014
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) comprises the armed forces of South Africa. The commander of the SANDF is appointed by the President of South Africa from one of the armed services. They are in turn accountable to the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans of the Defence Department. The military as it exists today was created in 1994, following South Africa's first nonracial election in April of that year and the adoption of a new constitution. It replaced the South African Defence Force and also integrated uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), and the Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA) guerilla forces. History Integration process In 1994, the SANDF took over the personnel and equipment from the SADF and integrated forces from the former Bantustan homelands forces, as well as personnel from the former guerrilla forces of some of the political parties involved in South Africa, such as the African National Congress's Umkhonto we Sizwe, the Pan Africanist Congress's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graduates Of The Royal College Of Defence Studies
Graduation is the awarding of a diploma to a student by an educational institution. It may also refer to the ceremony that is associated with it. The date of the graduation ceremony is often called graduation day. The graduation ceremony is also sometimes called: commencement, congregation, convocation or invocation. History Ceremonies for graduating students date from the first universities in Europe in the twelfth century. At that time Latin was the language of scholars. A ''universitas'' was a guild of masters (such as MAs) with licence to teach. "Degree" and "graduate" come from ''gradus'', meaning "step". The first step was admission to a bachelor's degree. The second step was the masters step, giving the graduate admission to the ''universitas'' and license to teach. Typical dress for graduation is gown and hood, or hats adapted from the daily dress of university staff in the Middle Ages, which was in turn based on the attire worn by medieval clergy. The tradition of w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From East London, South Africa
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1960 Births
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the '' Jian'an era of the Chinese Han Dynasty. * Emperor Xian o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South African Army Generals
South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz'' ("south"), possibly related to the same Proto-Indo-European root that the word ''sun'' derived from. Some languages describe south in the same way, from the fact that it is the direction of the sun at noon (in the Northern Hemisphere), like Latin meridies 'noon, south' (from medius 'middle' + dies 'day', cf English meridional), while others describe south as the right-hand side of the rising sun, like Biblical Hebrew תֵּימָן teiman 'south' from יָמִין yamin 'right', Aramaic תַּימנַא taymna from יָמִין yamin 'right' and Syriac ܬܰܝܡܢܳܐ taymna from ܝܰܡܝܺܢܳܐ yamina (hence the name of Yemen, the land to the south/right of the Levant). Navigation By convention, the ''bottom or down-facing side'' of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Lawrence Mbatha
Lieutenant General Lawrence Mbatha is the current Chief of the South African Army. He was appointed to this position in April 2020, before being appointed Chief of the Army he was the General Officer Commanding of the South african National Defence Force training command and before that he was the 19th Commandant of the South African Military Academy. Military career He joined Umkhonto we Sizwe in 1984 and completed courses in Angola and Zimbabwe. He became part of the South African National Defence Force in 1994 when all the forces were integrated. In 2003 he served as Officer Commanding of the Army Support Base in Johannesburg, followed by an appointment as Personal Staff Officer to the Chief of the Army (2007) before serving as Officer Commanding of the South African Army Gymnasium in 2011. He became Commandant of the South African Military Academy The South African Military Academy is based on similar principles to that of the military academy system of the United S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Christian
Rear Admiral Derek Christian is a South African Navy officer, currently serving as Deputy Chief of Joint Operations Division (Special Forces) as from 1 April 2016. He is the former Director of Naval Logistics. Military career After completing school at Grey High School in Port Elizabeth he joined the Navy in 1975. He completed a degree at the Military Academy and then joined the Strike Craft flotilla before volunteering for submarines in 1980. He attended the US Naval War College from 1996 to 1997. After returning to South Africa he was appointed as the Naval Attache in Washington. He became the 17th Commandant of the South African Military Academy in 2006 and was promoted to rear admiral (junior grade) from May 2006. In April 2009 he was posted to Naval Headquarters and assumed the post of Director Naval Logistics in 2011. He was appointed Deputy Chief of Joint Operations in April 2016 and appointed acting Chief of Joint Operations in October 2016. , he was due to retir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudzani Maphwanya
General Rudzani Maphwanya (born 23 November 1960) is a South African military commander who served as Chief of Joint Operations from 2019 till May 2021. He was appointed Chief of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) on 1 June 2021. Military career Maphwanya served in the uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) in Angola , national_anthem = " Angola Avante"() , image_map = , map_caption = , capital = Luanda , religion = , religion_year = 2020 , religion_ref = , coordina ... and integrated into the SANDF in 1994. He served as SO1 Operations, SSO Operations SF Bde, CoS Special Forces Brigade, GOC SA Army Infantry Formation HQ, Chief Joint Operations Division. He was appointed as the SANDF Chief Joint Operations on 1 November 2019. Awards and decorations Medals * * * * * * Military Qualifications * * Academic Qualifications References , - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Themba Nkabinde
Lieutenant General Themba Nkabinde is a South African Army General Officer, currently serving as Chief Human Resources. Military career He joined Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) in 1977 and he left South Africa for training in Angola. From 1991 to 1992 he was the deputy military attache in Tanzania and completed a senior command and staff course in India. In 1994 he integrated into the SANDF and served as the senior staff officer Africa under the director operations at Chief of Joint Operations and then as the deputy chief director Army Force Structure. He became the commanding officer of the Infantry Formation on 1 April 2003. He handed over command as General Officer Commanding, South African Army Infantry Formation on 2 March 2012 to Maj Gen Lindile Yam Lt General Lindile Yam (born on 8 August 1960) is the former SANDF Chief of staff and the former Chief of the South African Army. Career He joined Umkhonto we Sizwe, the military wing of the ANC, in 1981 and became part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thabiso Mokhosi
Thabiso Collin Mokhosi (10 December 2019) was a South African Army officer, who served briefly as Chief of the South African Army. He completed his military training in Angola before attending demolition and operational command and control courses in Ukraine, Soviet Union. He also completed a logistics course in Italy in 1992 after which he returned to South Africa. He served as the Officer Commanding 1 South African Infantry Battalion, Commandant South African Army College The South African Army College is a training unit of the South African Army. History Origin of military training in South Africa South African military training can be traced back to 1786 when the Militere Kweekskool was established by the .... Aide de Camp to the Chief of the SANDF, Director Peace Support Operations before being promoted to major general when he was appointed as General Officer Commanding until 31 October 2019. He was appointed Chief of the Army on 1 November 2019 and was due t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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