The Australian Army is the principal land warfare force of Australia, a part of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) along with the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force. The Army is commanded by the Chief of Army (CA), who is subordinate to the Chief of the Defence Force (CDF) who commands the ADF. The CA is also directly responsible to the Minister for Defence, with the Department of Defence administering the ADF and the Army.
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.
The South African National Defence Force's rank system is largely based on the British system, with the Air Force sharing the Army rank titles. Rank titles changed over time as did the insignia.
Lieutenant General Andries Jacob Brink, was a South African military commander. An Afrikaner veteran of the Anglo-Boer War, he joined the Union Defence Forces (UDF) as a staff officer in 1912 and served in the First World War. He was Chief of the General Staff from 1920 to 1933, initially in command only of Defence HQ but, from 1922, of the whole UDF. He was also Secretary for Defence, head of the civil service Department of Defence, from 1922 to 1937. From 1937 to 1946 he was Commandant-in-Chief of the Burger Commandos, a home defence organisation.
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.
Nosiviwe Noluthando Mapisa-Nqakula is a South African politician who was Minister of Defence and Military Veterans from June 2012 to August 2021. She was Minister of Home Affairs from 2004 to 2009 and Minister of Correctional Services from 2009 to 2012.
The Strategic Defence Package, popularly known as the Arms Deal, was a South African military procurement programme undertaken to re-equip the post-apartheid armed forces.
Lindiwe Nonceba Sisulu is a South African politician, member of parliament since 1994, and member of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress currently serving as Minister of Tourism since August 2021. She previously served as Minister of Housing, Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Minister of Public Service and Administration from 2012 to 2014. and Minister of Human Settlements, Water & Sanitation from 2014 to 2021.
The Minister of Defence and Military Veterans 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.
Thandi Modise is a South African politician, and former Anti-Apartheid guerilla. She is currently serving as Minister of Defence & Military Veterans. She served as Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces from 2014 to 2019 and as Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa from 2019 to 2021.
The Military Veterans Act, 2011 is an act of the Parliament of South Africa that declares the government responsible for governing the affairs of the country's military veterans. It also outlines the benefits available to these veterans and names the President of South Africa as their patron-in-chief. The Act further establishes an Advisory Council on Military Veterans and the Military Appeals Board. The Act was passed by Parliament on 16 August 2011 and was assented to by President Jacob Zuma on 2 December 2011.
Ayanda Dlodlo is a South African politician, cabinet minister and member of the African National Congress (ANC). Her current ministerial portfolio in Cyril Ramaphosa's cabinet is Minister of Public Service and Administration since 5 August 2021. Before, she was the Minister of State Security from 30 May 2019 until 5 August 2021.
The Chief of the South African National Defence Force is the most senior South African military officer and the professional Head of the Defence Force and is appointed by the President of South Africa.
Russel Nsikayezwe Cebekhulu is a South African politician who has been an Inkatha Freedom Party Member of Parliament (MP) since 2015 and previously from 2009 to 2014.
Alice Hlebani Mthembu is a South African politician from KwaZulu-Natal. She is currently a Member of Parliament for the African National Congress.
Vusumuzi Cyril Xaba is a South African politician and a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since 2019. He is currently serving as Co-Chairperson of the Joint Standing Committee on Defence and as Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans. A member of the African National Congress, he previously served in the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature from 1994 to 2009 and from 2014 to 2019. He was the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development from 2014 to 2016.
The Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans is one of the portfolio committees of the National Assembly of South Africa. It oversees the operations of the Department of Defence and Military Veterans and the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans as well as multiple statutory entities, including Armscor, the Castle Control Board, the Defence Force Service Commission, the Military Ombud, and Reserve Force Council.
Thabo Nelson Mmutle is a South African Member of Parliament for the African National Congress. He first became an MP at the 2019 general election. Mmutle is a former member of the national executive committee (NEC) of the African National Congress Youth League.
Patience Masisi is a South African military officer, who is currently serving as the Director Military Health Human Resources at the South African National Defence Force. She previously served as a defence advisor in Ghana. In 2006, she became the first black South African woman ever to have completed a commander's course at École Militaire.
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