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).
Daniel Pieter 'Neil' Knobel was a South African military commander. A medical doctor, he was Surgeon-General, in command of the South African Medical Service, from 1988 to 1997.
Lieutenant General Vejaynand Indurjith Ramlakan was a South African military commander. A medical doctor, he served in Umkhonto weSizwe (MK), the military wing of the African National Congress, during the liberation struggle against the South African government in the 1980s, and transferred to the South African National Defence Force when MK was incorporated into it in 1994.
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.
The Star of South Africa, Gold, post-nominal letters SSA, is the senior decoration of two military and five non-military classes of the Order of the Star of South Africa, a South African Order which was instituted in 1975, and awarded to general and flag officers of the South African Defence Force. The Order of the Star of South Africa was discontinued in 2002.
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.
Lieutenant General Willem Hendrik Hechter is a former Chief of the South African Air Force.
Lieutenant General Themba Matanzima is a former South African Army officer, serving as Military Ombudsman.
Lieutenant General Derrick Mgwebi is a South African military commander, serving as Director of the Joint Operations Division.
Major General Les Rudman was a General Officer in the South African Army from the infantry.
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.
Major General Gerrit Nicolaas Opperman (Gert) was a General Officer in the South African Army.
Brigadier General Krubert Eric Nel is a retired South African Army officer who also served in the South African Special Forces.
The Chief of Corporate Staff (CCS) is a lieutenant general post in the South African National Defence Force
Jack Dutton, was a South African Army officer who served in the Korean War.
Lieutenant General Koos Bisschoff is a former artillery officer who served as Chief of Staff Planning in the SADF
Lieutenant General Raymond Francois Holtzhausen is a retired South African Army general who formerly served as Chief of Staff Personnel before his retirement.
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.
The term "Master Gunner of the Artillery" was introduced in 1982 as the overall head of the artillery. The origin of this term, and it's particular prestige, can be found if you trace the history of the Royal Artillery's Long Gunnery Staff Courses, War time Gunnery Staff Courses (LGSC) amongst others. The crossed guns were originally called Gunnery Instructors (IG)(Officers) with other ranks known as Assistant Instructors Gunnery (AIG) from 1979–1990. In 1990 the nomenclature was reversed and the head of the artillery was henceforth called the General of the Artillery. Holders of the crossed barrels in turn became known as Master Gunners. When the first ADA officer was appointed to the post of General of the Artillery, it was changed to General of the Gunners. When General Koos Laubscher was appointed to this post in 2002, he again changed it to General of the Artillery, but when General Roy Andersen was appointed in 2006, he changed it back again to General of the Gunners.
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