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A military veteran is defined by the act as "a South African citizen who rendered military service to any of the military organisations, which were involved on all the sides of South Africa’s liberation war from 1960 to 1994, those who served in the Union Defence Force before 1961 and those who became members of the South African National Defence Force after 1994, and have completed their ...
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.
Headquarters. National Museum of Military History, 22 Erlswold Way, Saxonwold, Johannesburg, 2196. Affiliations. Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League. 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 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 ...
General Motors: Active-duty military members, retirees and veterans receive discounts of $500 to $1,000 on select vehicles. (Veterans eligible only through June 1.) (Veterans eligible only through ...
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 ...
Gauteng. The African National Congress Veterans' League (ANCVL) is an auxiliary political organisation of the African National Congress (ANC) of South Africa. Its members are ANC veterans, defined as people aged 60 or older who have belonged to the ANC for at least 40 years. The league was founded in December 2009 to represent veterans in the ...
uMkhonto weSizwe (Xhosa pronunciation: [um̩ˈkʰonto we ˈsizwe]; abbreviated MK; English: Spear of the Nation) was the paramilitary wing of the African National Congress (ANC), founded by Nelson Mandela in the wake of the Sharpeville massacre. Its mission was to fight against the South African government to bring an end to its racist policies.