General Andreas "Kat" Liebenberg was a South African military commander. He served as General Officer Commanding South African Special Forces (1982–85), Chief of the Army (1985–90) and Chief of the South African Defence Force (1990–93).
General Godfrey Nhlanhla Ngwenya is a former South African military commander and diplomat. He served as Chief of Joint Operations from 2001 to 2005, and Chief of the South African National Defence Force from 2005 until 2011.
Lieutenant General Jurinus (Rinus) Janse van Rensburg, is a former South African military commander. He joined the South African Military Health Service in 1972 and commanded it, as Surgeon-General, from 2000 to 2005. He served as Chief of Corporate Staff from 1 August 2005 until his retirement in 2010.
Vice Admiral Refiloe Mudimu is a former South African military commander, who served as the Chief of the Navy before his retirement in 2014.
Vice Admiral Glen Syndercombe was a former Chief of the South African Navy.
Lieutenant General Vusumuzi Masondo is a South African military commander.
Fabian Zimpande "Zakes" Msimang is a retired South African Air Force officer who served as the Chief of the South African Air Force.
Deon Holtzhausen was a general officer in the South African Army and general officer commanding the South African Army Artillery Formation. and later the chief of army force structure on the staff on the Chief of the Army.
General Per Micael Bydén is a retired Swedish Air Force officer. Bydén served as Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces from 2015 to 2024. Prior to that, he served as the Chief of Air Force and commander of the Air Component Command from 2012 and 2015.
Brigadier General Krupert Eric Nel is a retired South African Army officer who also served in the South African Special Forces.
Lieutenant General Koos Bisschoff is a former artillery officer who served as Chief of Staff Planning in the SADF
Lieutenant General Frans van den Berg was an artillery officer who was appointed as the first Chief of Staff Planning in the SADF in 1986.
Philemon Jerry Masisi, is a retired South African General, military commander and an MK guerilla. He joined Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the military wing of the African National Congress, and served in multiple roles while fighting against the South African government from the 1970s. He transferred to the South African National Defence Force after MK was incorporated into it in 1998, and has served as a Defence Attaché in Paris, France from 2005 to 2008 before being the commanding officer of the 8 Medical Battalion Group, from 2008 to 2011. He was responsible for the operation that assisted hospitals with medical assistance during the 2010 health sector strike. He was subsequently promoted to Brigadier General, assuming the position of Director Military Health Human Resources.
Brig Gen Carel Laubscher was a General Officer in the South African Army from the artillery.
Brig. Gen. Khaya Makina was a General Officer in the South African Army from the artillery. He was born in New Brighton location in Port Elizabeth on 6 June 1964. He matriculated from Khwezi Lomso High School in 1982. He joined the uMkhonto we Sizwe and went into exile in the Kingdom of Lesotho and later in the Republic of Angola where he completed military training.
Major General Paul Lombard was an artillery officer who completed the British Army Staff Course during 1967. He qualified as an Army Air Observation Pilot at the Central Flying School SAAF in Dunnottar. He served as the Chief of Army Staff Planning (GS6) in the South African Defence Force from 1991.
Colonel Richard Frederick "Shorty" Brown was an artillery officer who commanded the South African Artillery, School of Artillery and 4 Field Regiment
Brig Gen Chris Roux was a General Officer in the South African Army from the artillery.
Maj Gen Koos Laubscher was a General Officer in the South African Army from the artillery.
Brigadier General Felix Hurter was a General Officer in the South African Army from the artillery. He was born in Port Elizabeth on 28 June 1942.
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