Thulani Zungu | |
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Born | 17 September 1962 Soweto |
Allegiance | South Africa |
Service | South African Army |
Years of service | 1982–2022 |
Rank | Colonel |
Unit | 4 Artillery Regiment |
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Col Thulani Zungu is a South African Army officer from the artillery.
He joined the uMkhonto we Sizwe in 1982 and was trained in Angola. He stayed in exile in Angola, Zambia and returned to South Africa in 1994. He completed Bridging training at Infantry School, Oudtshoorn. He was appointed as an instructor at the School of Artillery, staff officer at Army Headquarters, OC of all regular artillery units in Potchefstroom and senior staff officer (SSO) at the Artillery Formation from 2008. [1]
He completed the Joint Senior Staff course in 2005.
He resigned from the Army in 2022
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