The Namibian Defence Force (NDF) comprises the national military forces of Namibia. It was created when the country, then known as South West Africa, gained independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990. Chapter 15 of the Constitution of Namibia establishes the NDF and defines its role and purpose as, " ... to defend the territory and national interests of Namibia".
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).
The South West Africa Territorial Force (SWATF) was an auxiliary arm of the South African Defence Force (SADF) and comprised the armed forces of South West Africa from 1977 to 1989. It emerged as a product of South Africa's political control of the territory which was granted to the former as a League of Nations mandate following World War I.
General Godfrey Nhlanhla Ngwenya was a 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.
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 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 Reginald Otto was a South African military commander, who held the post of Chief of the South African Army.
Hanno Teuteberg is a retired Rear Admiral from the South African Navy, formerly serving as the Deputy Chief of the Navy.
Lieutenant General Themba Matanzima is a former South African Army officer, serving as Military Ombudsman.
Major General Les Rudman was a General Officer in the South African Army from the infantry.
Rear Admiral Arne "Angel" Söderlund is a retired South African Navy officer and author.
Rear Admiral Guy Jamieson is a retired South African Navy officer, served as Deputy Chief of the South African Navy.
Lt General Lindile Yam is the former SANDF Chief of staff and former Chief of the South African Army.
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.
Lawrence Reginald Smith is a General Officer in the South African Army. General Smith completed the South African Army Command and Staff Duties Course at the South African Army College, Pretoria over the period January 1994 to November 1995. Smith graduated from the US Army Command and General Staff College in Leavenworth, Kansas, in 1997 and the People's Liberation Army of China, National Defense College, Beijing, in 2008.
The Chief of Corporate Staff (CCS) is a lieutenant general post in the South African National Defence Force
Lieutenant General Koos Bisschoff is a former artillery officer who served as Chief of Staff Planning in the SADF
Lieutenant General Len Meyer was a South African Army general, who served as Chief of Staff Personnel for the Defence Force.
Transkei 
South Africa 
South African Army 
