Col Thulani Zungu is a

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officer from the

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Military career

He joined the uMkhonto we Sizwe in 1982 and was trained in Angola. He stayed in exile in Angola, Zambia and returned to South Africa in 1994. He completed Bridging training at Infantry School,

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. He was appointed as an instructor at the School of Artillery, staff officer at Army Headquarters, OC of all regular artillery units in

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and senior staff officer (SSO) at the Artillery Formation from 2008. He completed the Joint Senior Staff course in 2005. He resigned from the Army in 2022

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References

South African military officers Living people 1962 births UMkhonto we Sizwe personnel Military personnel from Johannesburg {{SouthAfrica-mil-bio-stub