Fezile Bhengu

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Fezile Bhengu (born 6 August 1954) is the former the Deputy Minister of Defence of South Africa until 11 May 2009, being succeeded by Thabang Makwetla. [1]

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References

  1. "Fezile Bhengu :: People's Assembly". pa.org.za. Retrieved 2018-03-05.