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Website. www .dod .mil .za. The Department of Defence is a department of the South African government. It oversees the South African National Defence Force, the armed forces responsible for defending South Africa . As of August 2021 the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans is Thandi Modise. [1]
The South African National Defence Force ( SANDF) comprises the armed forces of South Africa. The commander of the SANDF is appointed by the President of South Africa from one of the armed services. They are in turn accountable to the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans of the Defence Department .
South AfricaMinister of Defence and Military Veterans. The Minister of Defence and Military Veterans (formerly the Minister of Defence) is a Minister in the Government of South Africa, who is responsible for overseeing the Department of Defence, the Department of Military Veterans and the South African National Defence Force .
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 Chief of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is the senior military commander and the chiefs of the four services, in addition to the chiefs of Joint Operations, Defence Intelligence, and Corporate Staff, report to him. [2] As of September 2018 the Chief of the SANDF is General Solly Shoke OMBG, SBS, MMS, OMS .
Armscor (stylized as ARMSCOR ), the Armaments Corporation of South Africa is the arms procurement agency of the South African Department of Defence. It was originally established in 1968 as an arms production company, by Freve and Rapelang. [2] primarily as a response to the international sanctions by the United Nations against South Africa due ...
The SAMS was incorporated into the South African National Defence Force on 27 April 1994, and was renamed the South African Military Health Service on 1 June 1998. Organisational structure [ edit ] The SAMHS includes active duty military personnel and civilian employees of the Department of Defence.
The highest ranking South African non-commissioned officer is the Warrant Officer of the South African National Defence Force. They are the sole holder of the rank of Master Chief Warrant Officer (NATO equivalent WO-5). [13] As of October 2012 the incumbent MCWO is Mothusi Kgaladi [14] The rank of Senior Chief Warrant Officer (NATO equivalent ...