David Mkhonto is a

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, serving as Chief Director Maritime Strategy.

Military career

Mkhonto joined Umkhonto we Sizwe (the military wing of the

African National Congress The African National Congress (ANC) is a Social democracy, social-democratic political party in Republic of South Africa, South Africa. A liberation movement known for its opposition to apartheid, it has governed the country since 1994, when ...

) in 1988 and joined the Navy on integration in 1994. He is a qualified Mechanical Fitter Machinery Ships. He served aboard SAS Galeshewe and SAS Shaka. Maningi started officer training in April 2000 and served as Assistant Project Officer for WILLIS in Germany. In February 2009, after attending the South African National War College in Tshwane, he was appointed as Officer Commanding Fleet Maintenance Unit Simon's Town, reporting to Director Fleet Logistics, from 1 January 2010. R. Adm. (JG) Mkhonto was appointed as Flag Officer Commanding on 1 April 2012 before being appointed Director Fleet Logistics in March 2015. He took over as Chief Director Maritime Strategy on 1 April 2018.

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