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Themba Matanzima
Lieutenant General Themba Matanzima is a former South African Army officer, serving as Military Ombudsman. He was born on 2 February 1953 in Cofimvaba. He joined the Transkei Defence Force in January 1977. Army career Matanzima transferred to the South African National Defence Force on integration in 1994. After a period on the Joint Military Coordinating Committee that oversaw the integration process, he then became General Officer Commanding Eastern Province Command Eastern Province Command was a command of the South African Army. History Origin Under the Union Defence Force In 1939, South Africa was originally divided under the Union Defence Force into 9 military districts. At the time, the command was h ... in 1996. In 1998 he became Chief of Army Personnel. In 1999 he was appointed Chief of Personnel and promoted to the rank of lieutenant general. In 2000, the SANDF restructured and he was appointed into a newly created post of Chief of Joint Support. In 2004 he wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cofimvaba
Cofimvaba is a town in Chris Hani District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The village is 79 km east of Queenstown on the route to Butterworth, in Thembuland. Probably named after the nearby stream which, after rains, froths turbulently and resembles milk. The name is also said to be derived from cofa, ‘press’, mvaba, ‘milk-bag’ (of goat-skin), done to break lumps of sour milk. Another explanation is that the sound of the water gurgling over the rocks is reminiscent of the splashing of milk in the bag when shaken. The village of Cofimvaba was probably established in 1877 when the magisterial seat for Thembuland, (which had originally been located at St Marks), was transferred to a more accessible location. Chris Hani was born in Cofimvaba. There is a hospital in Cofimvaba called Cofimvaba Hospital. There are also two high schools in town, St. James High School and Cofimvaba High School. Notable people * Hani, Chris, former leader of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sipho Binda
Lieutenant-General Sipho Binda (13 July 1952 – 10 November 2006) was a South African military commander who served as Chief of the Joint Operations Division of the South African National Defence Force before his death on 10 November 2006. His military career started in 1977 when he went into exile to join Umkhonto we Sizwe. He returned to South Africa and was arrested and imprisoned on Robben Island until his release in 1990. He served as General Officer Commanding Logistics Support Formation and Force Commander for the AU mission in Burundi. He was appointed Chief of Joint Operations on 1 November 2004. Awards and honours Gen Binda has been awarded the following: * * * * * * References South African Army generals 1952 births 2006 deaths Prisoners and detainees of South Africa Place of birth missing Road incident deaths in South Africa Graduates of the Royal College of Defence Studies UMkhonto we Sizwe personnel {{SouthAfrica-mil-bio- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1953 Births
Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Yugoslavia. ** The CIA-sponsored Robertson Panel first meets to discuss the UFO phenomenon. * January 15 – Georg Dertinger, foreign minister of East Germany, is arrested for spying. * January 19 – 71.1% of all television sets in the United States are tuned into ''I Love Lucy'', to watch Lucy give birth to Little Ricky, which is more people than those who tune into Dwight Eisenhower's inauguration the next day. This record has yet to be broken. * January 20 – Dwight D. Eisenhower is sworn in as the 34th President of the United States. * January 24 ** Mau Mau Uprising: Rebels in Kenya kill the Ruck family (father, mother, and six-year-old son). ** Leader of East Germany Walter Ulbricht announces that agriculture will be col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chief Of Personnel , earlier called ''Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel'', of the Royal Navy
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Chief of Personnel may refer to: * Chief of Personnel (Indian Navy), of the Indian Navy * Chief of Defence People, earlier called ''Chief of Defence Personnel'', of the British Armed Forces * Chief of Military Personnel, of the Canadian Armed Forces * Chief of Naval Personnel, of the United States Navy * Chief of Staff Personnel, South Africa * Second Sea Lord and Deputy Chief of Naval Staff The Second Sea Lord and Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (formerly Second Sea Lord) is deputy to the First Sea Lord and the second highest-ranking officer to currently serve in the Royal Navy and is responsible for personnel and naval shore establish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piet Loedolff
Vice Admiral Piet Loedolff is a retired South African Navy The South African Navy (SA Navy) is the naval warfare branch of the South African National Defence Force. The Navy is primarily engaged in maintaining a conventional military deterrent, participating in counter-piracy operations, fishery prot ... officer and author. He joined the Navy in 1964 and obtained a Bachelor in Military Science (B. Mil) degree at the South African Military Academy. He served as Chief of Staff Personnel from 1994 till his retirement in 1999. In 1992 then Commodore Loedolff, serving as Director Service Systems at Personnel Division, was promoted to rear admiral and assigned as Chief Director Manpower Maintenance. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Loedolff, Piet South African admirals Living people South African writers Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chief Of Joint Support
Chief may refer to: Title or rank Military and law enforcement * Chief master sergeant, the ninth, and highest, enlisted rank in the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force * Chief of police, the head of a police department * Chief of the boat, the senior enlisted sailor on a U.S. Navy submarine * Chief petty officer, a non-commissioned officer or equivalent in many navies * Chief warrant officer, a military rank Other titles * Chief of the Name, head of a family or clan * Chief mate, or Chief officer, the highest senior officer in the deck department on a merchant vessel * Chief of staff, the leader of a complex organization * Fire chief, top rank in a fire department * Scottish clan chief, the head of a Scottish clan * Tribal chief, a leader of a tribal form of government * Chief, IRS-CI, the head and chief executive of U.S. Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Places * Chief Mountain, Montana, United States * Stawamus Chief or the Chief, a granite dom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jurinus Janse Van Rensburg
Lieutenant General Jurinus (Rinus) Janse van Rensburg, (born 7 January 1952) is a former South African military commander. He joined the South African Military Health Service in 1972 and commanded it, as Surgeon-General, from 2000 to 2005. He served as Chief of Corporate Staff from 1 August 2005 until his retirement in 2010. Early life He was born on 7 January 1952 in Murraysburg, in the Karoo and matriculated at Paarl Boys' High School in 1969. He joined the Defence Force in 1970 and was stationed at 1 Maintenance Unit at Lenz. It was during this period that he decided to study medicine and so commenced medical studies at the University of Pretoria. Military career After completing his degree in 1976 he became a medical officer at 1 Military Hospital. In 1980 he was transferred to the then South African Medical Service Headquarters as the Senior Operational Officer, and during the same year was transferred to the then South West Africa Medical Command, Sector 10, as a med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chief Of Corporate Staff
The Chief of Corporate Staff (CCS) is a lieutenant general post in the South African National Defence Force Role The post of Chief of Corporate Staff was created in 2000. The post was first occupied by V Adm H.J.M. Trainor in late 2000. Chief of Corporate Staff reports to the Chief of the Defence Force and has equal standing as the arms of services. The restructuring after the Defence Review of 1998 paved way for changes in the SANDF, among others being the closing down of the ''Personnel Division'' and its functions were transferred to the ''Joint Support Division''. The Chief of Corporate Staff consists of the ''Strategy and Planning Office'', ''Religious Services'', ''Defence Communications'', ''Defence Reserves'' and ''Defence Legal Dept''. Past appointments Chief of Corporate Staff * V Adm Martyn Trainor * Lt Gen Themba Matanzima * Lt Gen (Dr) Jurinus Janse van Rensburg * Lt Gen (Dr) Vejaynand Ramlakan * Lt Gen Vusumuzi Masondo Chief of Staff, SANDF In 2017, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martyn Trainor
Vice Admiral Martyn Trainor (born 13 January 1944) is a retired South African Navy Officer, who served as Chief of Corporate Staff of the South African National Defence Force. Naval career He matriculated from Diocesan College and joined the Navy in 1962 and attended 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 States (United States Military Academy United States Naval Academy United States Air Force Academy). The academy is a military ..., graduating in 1965. He served on Frigates and Minesweepers before volunteering for the Submarine service. He commanded and the . He was promoted to Commodore in 1989 and appointed Chief of Naval Staff Personnel. On 1 September 1992 he was promoted to rear admiral and appointed Chief of Naval Staff and Chief of Naval Support. and Chief of Fleet Staff Personnel. He was appointed Chief of Corporate Staff on 1 November 2000 and prom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chief Of Human Resources
The Chief of Defence Force Staff (C Def F S) was a post in the South African Defence Force and the South African National Defence Force. History The Chief of Defence Force Staff was a lieutenant general post in the South African Defence Force which traces its origins from the sixties. In the middle sixties, the expansion of the Defence Force necessitated some changes to the overall structure and at that time, the posts of GOC Joint Combat Forces (GOC JCF), Chief of Defence Staff, Chief of Defence Force Administration to name a few were established. In 1976 this post ceased to exist and was re-established in 1986 during Gen Johannes Geldenhuys' term as C SADF. Its role was to coordinate all efforts of ''Chief of Staff Personnel'' , ''Chief of Staff Intelligence'', ''Chief of Staff Operations'', ''Chief of Staff Logistics'', ''Chief of Staff Finances'' and ''Chief of Staff Planning'' for the Chief of the Defence Force. Past appointments Chief of Defence Staff * Maj Gen Toby Moll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derrick Mgwebi
Lieutenant General Derrick Mgwebi (born 1956) is a South African military commander, serving as Director of the Joint Operations Division. Military career He served as Commander of the United Nations Operation in Burundi in 2004. He also served as General Officer Commanding, Mpumalanga Command, after which he was appointed General Officer Commanding South African Army Infantry Formation. Before taking over at Joint Operations he was the Chief of Human Resources for the SANDF. He was Force Commander of the United Nations MONUSCO The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or MONUSCO, an acronym based on its French name , is a United Nations peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) which was estab ... mission to the DRC from December 2015 to January 2018. Awards and decorations * * * * * * * * * * * African Union Medal for Intervention in Burundi Proficiency and Qualification badges * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
