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Musawenkosi Nkomonde
Rear Admiral Musawenkosi Nkomonde is the current serving Flag Officer Fleet of the South African Navy. The has previously Commanded SAS UMKOMAAS and SAS ISANDLWANA F146. Background He joined the Navy in 1997 after school. After military training he attended the South African Military Academy where he earned a BSc degree. He then completed combat training before joining SAS Fleur as a gunnery officer and later navigation officer. He joined SAS Umzimkulu as a navigation officer before attending International Mine Warfare Course for Commanders in HMS Collingwood in 2004. He was appointed Officer Commanding of SAS Umkomaas in September 2007 and of the frigate SAS Isandlwana SAS ''Isandlwana'' (F146) is the second of four s for the South African Navy built by the European South African Corvette Consortium. SAS ''Isandlwana'' was named after the Battle of Isandlwana at a ceremony held in Kiel in December 2002, by Deputy ... in June 2011. On 1 April 2017 he was appointed Inspe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soweto
Soweto () is a township of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng, South Africa, bordering the city's mining belt in the south. Its name is an English syllabic abbreviation for ''South Western Townships''. Formerly a separate municipality, it is now incorporated in the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, and one of the suburbs of Johannesburg. History George Harrison and George Walker are today credited as the men who discovered an outcrop of the Main Reef of gold on the farm Langlaagte in February 1886. The fledgling town of Johannesburg was laid out on a triangular wedge of "uitvalgrond" (area excluded when the farms were surveyed) named Randjeslaagte, situated between the farms Doornfontein to the east, Braamfontein to the west and Turffontein to the south. Within a decade of the discovery of gold in Johannesburg, 100,000 people flocked to this part of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek in search of riches. They were of many races and na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SAS Isandlwana
SAS ''Isandlwana'' (F146) is the second of four s for the South African Navy built by the European South African Corvette Consortium. SAS ''Isandlwana'' was named after the Battle of Isandlwana at a ceremony held in Kiel in December 2002, by Deputy Defence Minister Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge. Construction SAS ''Isandlwana'' was manufactured by the European South African Corvette Consortium (ESACC), consisting of the German Frigate Consortium (Blohm+Voss, Thyssen Rheinstahl and Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft), African Defence Systems (part of the French Thales defense group) and a number of South African companies. The ships were built to the MEKO modular design concept and are designated by the manufacturer as the MEKO A-200SAN class. Some controversy exists as to the class type of the vessel, with both the manufacturer and the South African Navy referring to her as a "corvette," but other similar vessels in other navies being referred to as frigates. Some have claimed the use of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River-class Mine Hunter
The ''River'' class is a class of four minehunters built for the South African Navy. They have a secondary role as Inshore Patrol Vessels. Development In order to circumvent United Nations military sanctions during the apartheid-era, the minehunters were originally ordered and operated by the Department of Transport and designated as research vessels. The initial names of the vessels were ''Navors'' (Afrikaans for 'research'), and numbered 1 to 4. Ordered in 1978, the first vessel, ''Navors I'', was shipped to Durban from Germany in June 1980 for fitting out, shortly followed by the ''Navors II''. The second pair were constructed in Durban. The vessels were painted blue with white upper works and formed the First Research Squadron. In 1982, the four vessels were renamed after South African rivers but continued to fly the national flag rather than the naval ensign. Only in February 1988 was the prefix RV changed to SAS when they were formally accepted as naval ships. Curr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South African Military Academy
The South African Military Academy is based on similar principles to that of the military academy system of the United States (United States Military Academy United States Naval Academy United States Air Force Academy). The academy is a military unit of the South African National Defence Force (''SANDF'') housing the ''Faculty of Military Science'' of the University of Stellenbosch. It provides officers of all the arms of service an opportunity to earn a BMil or more advanced degrees. See . History The academy was established on 1 April 1950 under the auspices of the University of Pretoria and the South African Military College (now the South African Army College) in ''Voortrekkerhoogte'' (now Thaba Tswane), with the goal of elevating students to a BA (Mil) or BSc (Mil) degree to meet the intellectual challenges of modern war. In 1954 the newly elected National Party Minister of Defence, Frans Erasmus, wanting to establish the military academy as a separate, independent, all-se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SAS Fleur
SAS or Sas may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * ''SAS'' (novel series), a French book series by Gérard de Villiers * '' Shimmer and Shine'', an American animated children's television series * Southern All Stars, a Japanese rock band * Strong Arm Steady, an American hip hop group from California * '' Sunday All Stars'', a Philippine Sunday variety show from 2013 to 2015 * SAS (TV station), a television station in Adelaide, South Australia Organizations Military * An abbreviation for "Special Air Service" in various armed forces, including: ** Special Air Service, a special forces unit of the British Army ** Special Air Service Regiment, a special forces unit of the Australian Army ** 5th Special Air Service, a Belgian Second World War formation ** Canadian Special Air Service Company, a Canadian unit from 1947 to 1949 ** Free French Special Air Service, the predecessor unit of the French 1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment (1er RPIMa) ** New Zealand Spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SAS Umzimkulu
SAS or Sas may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * ''SAS'' (novel series), a French book series by Gérard de Villiers * '' Shimmer and Shine'', an American animated children's television series * Southern All Stars, a Japanese rock band * Strong Arm Steady, an American hip hop group from California * '' Sunday All Stars'', a Philippine Sunday variety show from 2013 to 2015 * SAS (TV station), a television station in Adelaide, South Australia Organizations Military * An abbreviation for "Special Air Service" in various armed forces, including: ** Special Air Service, a special forces unit of the British Army ** Special Air Service Regiment, a special forces unit of the Australian Army ** 5th Special Air Service, a Belgian Second World War formation ** Canadian Special Air Service Company, a Canadian unit from 1947 to 1949 ** Free French Special Air Service, the predecessor unit of the French 1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment (1er RPIMa) ** New Zealand Spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Collingwood
Three ships and one shore establishment of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Collingwood'', after Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood: * , an 80-gun second-rate ship of the line, converted to screw propulsion in 1861, and sold in 1867 * , a battleship in service from 1882 to 1909 * , one of the first dreadnought The dreadnought (alternatively spelled dreadnaught) was the predominant type of battleship in the early 20th century. The first of the kind, the Royal Navy's , had such an impact when launched in 1906 that similar battleships built after her ... battleships, in action at Jutland, and sold for breaking up in 1922 * , the shore establishment of this name was formed in 1940 as an entry camp for new recruits. Since World War II it has housed a number of Royal Navy training units. References * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Collingwood, Hms Royal Navy ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SAS Umkomaas
SAS or Sas may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * ''SAS'' (novel series), a French book series by Gérard de Villiers * '' Shimmer and Shine'', an American animated children's television series * Southern All Stars, a Japanese rock band * Strong Arm Steady, an American hip hop group from California * '' Sunday All Stars'', a Philippine Sunday variety show from 2013 to 2015 * SAS (TV station), a television station in Adelaide, South Australia Organizations Military * An abbreviation for "Special Air Service" in various armed forces, including: ** Special Air Service, a special forces unit of the British Army ** Special Air Service Regiment, a special forces unit of the Australian Army ** 5th Special Air Service, a Belgian Second World War formation ** Canadian Special Air Service Company, a Canadian unit from 1947 to 1949 ** Free French Special Air Service, the predecessor unit of the French 1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment (1er RPIMa) ** New Zealand Spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bubele Mhlana
Bubele Kitie Mhlana is a South African naval officer. He was born in the Ngangelizwe township in Mthatha. Military career He is a former Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) operative and joined the South African Navy in 1994. He assumed command of the minesweeper in 2003 In 1999 he attended the Officers Course at the South African Naval College and spent 9 months attending the International Principal Warfare Officer (A) course with the British Royal Navy. He commanded the Valour Class Frigate in 2007 In 2009 he attended the United States Naval War College He then commanded as well as serving as Commander of the Frigate Squadron He was appointed Flag Officer Fleet and promoted to rear admiral in 2014 In 2020 he was appointed Chief of Staff for the SANDF Joint Operations Division and Deputy Chief of the Navy from 1 February 2023. . Honours and awards * * * * * In 2012 he was awarded the ''Tamandaré Medal of Merit'' from Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South African Admirals
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] |
People From Soweto
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] |
Living People
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