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defenceWeb Written by defenceWeb - Rudzani Maphwanya and Solly Shoke. When long-serving SA National Defence Force (SANDF) Chief General Solly Shoke retires at the end of May, current Joint Operations Chief, Lieutenant General Rudzani Maphwanya, will move into the office suite reserved for South Africa’s top soldier as the only general – and the most senior officer – in the force. His appointment, along with that of other service and division chiefs, was announced on Wednesday evening by ...

defenceWeb Written by defenceWeb - Cyril Ramaphosa. Address by President Cyril Ramaphosa on the appointment of the Chief of the South African National Defence Force and members of The Military Command of the South African National Defence Force, 14 April 2021. Fellow South Africans, I address you this evening as the Commander-in-Chief of the South African National Defence Force on new appointments to the leadership of our armed forces. By virtue of the powers vested in me by our Constitution a...

Thursday 15 April 2021 - 10:58am Major-General Thalita Mxakato Facebook Major-General Thalita Mxakato will assume the position of Chief of Defence Intelligence on 1 June. Ramaphosa said: "I am also pleased to announce the appointment of Major-General Thalita Mxakato as Chief of Defence Intelligence as of 1 June 2021. "The Defence Intelligence Division provides combat-ready intelligence and counter-intelligence capabilities for employment in operations or joint and...

CHINA / MILITARY By Global Times Published: Apr 15, 2021 10:23 PM Soldiers assigned to a border defense regiment of the Kashgar Military Sub-command under the PLA Xinjiang Military Command are assembled on the training ground, well-prepared for multi-item military tests on January 4, 2021. Photo: eng.chinamil.com.cn Military experts from the Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) said that as a professional organization, it is critical for military personnel to be fully inoculated with the COVID-19 v...

Ramaphosa unveils new military command council Updated Nokukhanya N Mntambo Share this: The commander-in-chief of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), President Cyril Ramaphosa, has unveiled the new military command council. GCIS Lieutenant-General Rudzani Maphwanya takes over as chief, effective June 1. He takes over from the decorated General Solly Shoke, who retires on 31 May. Ramaphosa said the transition of leadership couldnt have come at a better time. "I have chosen to ma...

Announcing Mxakato’s appointment and other members of the Military Command of the SANDF, President Ramaphosa says Mxakato’s new role is a testimony of the advancement of women in the armed forces. President Ramaphosa announces appointments to Military Command Council: About Major-General Mxakato Major-General Mxakato joined Umkhonto we Sizwe in 1983. She completed her basic training in Angola and specialisation training in the German Democratic Republic. She has served in the SANDF since it...

President Cyril Ramaphosa, in his capacity as Commander in Chief, has announced the appointment of Lieutenant-General Rudzani Maphwanya as Chief of the SANDF.

Seven imported cases of COVID-19 were reported in the past 12 hours to 6pm April 13, raising the national count to 2,714, according to the Health Ministry.

A dioxin contaminated area in Bien Hoa Airbase. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has for the first time awarded a prime construction contract to a local Vietnamese contractor for its Dioxin Remediation at Bien Hoa Airbase Area project. Though Vietnamese companies have been involved in USAID dioxin remediation work in both the Da Nang Airport remediation and Bien Hoa Airbase remediation projects, until now they have been subcontractors of US firms....

Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor PHOTO: Twitter The Chief of Defence Staff, Maj-Gen. Lucky Irabor has said all insecurity issues within Operation Lafiya Dole must come to an end. The over a decade-long Boko Haram insurgency has claimed 36,000 lives, with property worth $9.2b (about N3.42t) in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states lost in the process. Irabor made the declarations, yesterday, while addressing 106 troops at the Military Command and Control Centre, Maiduguri, the state capital. H...