The Medalje vir Troue Diens - Medal for Loyal Service was instituted by the President of the Republic of South Africa on 16 April 2003 and came into effect on 27 April 2003. It can be awarded to all ranks whose character and conduct have been irreproachable and who have completed ten years of qualifying service.
An overview of South African military decorations and medals, which form part of the South African honours system.
General Solly Zacharia Shoke, is a South African military commander. He joined uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the military wing of the African National Congress, in the 1970s, and served as a field commander fighting against the South African government in the 1980s. He transferred to the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) when MK was incorporated into it in 1994, and served as Chief of the South African National Defence Force 2011 to 30 May 2021.
Vice Admiral Johan Retief was the Chief of the South African Navy from 2000 to 2005.
Hanno Teuteberg is a retired Rear Admiral from the South African Navy, formerly serving as the Deputy Chief of the Navy.
The Medal for Distinguished Conduct and Loyal Service is a South African military medal which was instituted by the Republic in 1987. It was awarded to members of the South African Defence Force for forty years of loyal service and distinguished conduct.
Major General Roy Cecil Andersen is a South African businessman and a retired Reserve general officer in the South African Army from the artillery. He matriculated from Northview High School and graduated from Witwatersrand University.
The Closure Commemoration Medal is a military commemoration medal which was instituted by the President of the Republic of South Africa in 2010, to commemorate the disbandment of the Commandos, the rural defence component of the South African National Defence Force.
Rear Admiral Bernhard Hein Teuteberg is a retired South African naval officer, who served as Chief Director: Maritime Strategy before his retirement.
Rear Admiral Koos Louw is a retired South African Navy officer.
Rear Admiral Guy Jamieson is a retired South African Navy officer, served as Deputy Chief of the South African Navy.
Rear Admiral Karl Wiesner is a retired South African Navy officer, who served as Director Maritime Warfare.
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.
Brigadier-General Renier (Cojack) Coetzee was a General Officer in the South African Army from the recces.
Lieutenant General Abel Shilubane, is a retired South African Army general who served as Chief of Defence Intelligence from 2010 to 2012.
Lieutenant General Bongani Mbatha was a South African Army officer who served as Chief of Logistics for the South African National Defence Force from 2014–2015.
Admiral Edward Ratala was a South African Naval officer.
Brig Gen Carel Laubscher was a General Officer in the South African Army from the artillery.
Wiseman Mbambo is a South African Air Force officer, serving as Chief of the South African Air Force.
Monde Lobese is a South African naval officer, serving as Chief of the South African Navy.
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