Rear Admiral (Junior Grade) Rendani Masutha is a retired South African naval officer, currently serving as Deputy Military Ombud. She completed her law degree at the

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and completed her LLB at the University of the North. She obtained an LL.M. from

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. She graduated from the Naval College in 1995, becoming the first black officer in the Navy and joined the Legal Office in Simon's Town. She was appointed a military judge in 2005 and Senior Military Judge from 2006 to 2010. She was promoted to rear admiral (jg) on 1 June 2011 and appointed Director Defence Legal Service and Director Military Defence Counsel. She died on 23 June 2018.

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