A former political commissioner of the armed branch of the ANC?
A former political commissioner of the armed branch of the ANC has just been appointed to the head of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF). From the 1st June, General Godfrey Ngwenya will replace General Siphiwe Nyanda, who has retired early. Ngwenya has been the head of joint operations of the SANDF since January 2000. Like Nyanda, he was formerly a commander in Angola of the Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the armed wing of the ANC, with the war name of Timothy Mokoena. Wounded in combat in Angola during an exchange with Unita in the middle of the 1980s, Ngwenya was then co-opted to the national executive committee of the ANC and then succeeded Steve Tshwete as political commissioner of the MK until 1992. He then became chief of personnel of the MK (1992-94).
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23 Avril 2005 à 11:09 dans
- zsandf (anglais)
