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Website. www .salegion .co .za. The South African Legion is the oldest military veterans organisation in South Africa. It is referred to simply as the SA Legion or even 'The Legion' and is one of the largest independent military veterans charities in South Africa.
The Department of Military Veterans is a sub-department of the Department of Defence that is responsible for providing support and services to veterans of the South African military, including veterans of the armed wings of anti- apartheid movements ( Umkhonto we Sizwe and APLA ). The political head of the department is the Minister of Defence ...
The Military Veterans Act, 2011 (Act No. 18 of 2011) is an act of the Parliament of South Africa that declares the government responsible for governing the affairs of the country's military veterans. It also outlines the benefits available to these veterans and names the President of South Africa as their patron-in-chief.
The Minister of Defence and Military Veterans (formerly the Minister of Defence) is a Minister in the Government of South Africa, who is responsible for overseeing the Department of Defence, the Department of Military Veterans and the South African National Defence Force.
The uMkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans' Association (MKMVA) was an auxiliary political organisation affiliated to South Africa's African National Congress (ANC). It was founded in 1996 to represent the interests of individuals who had participated in the armed struggle against apartheid as members of Umkhonto weSizwe (MK), the ANC's armed wing.
Thandi Ruth Modise (born 25 December 1959) is a South African politician who served as the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans from 2021 to 2024. She was previously the Premier of the North West from 2010 to 2014, Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces from 2014 to 2019, and Speaker of the National Assembly from 2019 to 2021.
The Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans is one of the portfolio committees of the National Assembly of South Africa.It oversees the operations of the Department of Defence and Military Veterans and the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans (currently Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula) as well as multiple statutory entities, including Armscor, the Castle Control Board, the Defence ...
Died. 31 August 2021. (2021-08-31) (aged 58) Nationality. South African. Emmanuel Kebby Maphatsoe (31 December 1962 – 31 August 2021) was a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa from 2019 until his death in 2021. He had previously served from May 2009 to May 2019, when he lost his seat, however he returned to the National Assembly ...