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The South African Army is the principal land warfare force of South Africa, a part of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), along with the South African Air Force, South African Navy and South African Military Health Service. The Army is commanded by the Chief of the Army, who is subordinate to the Chief of the SANDF.
Chief of Defence Intelligence. Lt. Gen Thalita Mxakato. The Defence Intelligence Division of the South African National Defence Force ( SANDF-ID also known as Defence Intelligence) is the primary military intelligence agency of South Africa which came into being on 27 April 1994. [3] [4] The other intelligence agencies of the country are:
The South African Army is divided into functional branches, known as corps. Most consist of units, but some, such as the SA Staff Corps, consist only of personnel who are assigned to headquarters and units. The following is a list of corps established since 1912. The SA Defence Act Amendment Act, No. 22 of 1922 re-organised the Permanent Force.
The Umkhonto GBADS is a South African vertical launching system that is being developed for the South African Army's ground-based air defence system (GBADS) requirement under Project Outcome. [56] The missile system is intended to provide all-round protection for the armed forces against airborne threats, including attack aircraft, missiles and ...
Lieutenant General Lawrence Mbatha is the current Chief of the South African Army. He was appointed to this position in April 2020. Before being appointed Chief of the Army he was the General Officer Commanding of the South african National Defence Force Training Command and before that he was the 19 th Commandant of the South African Military Academy.
South African Army. Type. Military Training. Part of. South African Army. The South African Army Training Formation is the controlling entity of all South African Army training units. The Formation was established in April 1999 and mandated to provide, maintain and sustain landward common training to the SA Army. [1]
The Department of Military Veterans is a sub-department of the Department of Defence that is responsible for providing support and services to veterans of the South African military, including veterans of the armed wings of anti- apartheid movements ( Umkhonto we Sizwe and APLA ). The political head of the department is the Minister of Defence ...
History. The academy was established on 1 April 1950 under the auspices of the University of Pretoria and the South African Military College [1] (now the South African Army College) in Voortrekkerhoogte (now Thaba Tswane ), with the goal of elevating students to a BA (Mil) or BSc (Mil) degree to meet the intellectual challenges of modern war.