Solly shoke biography of william
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U.S. Army Africa commander meets South African military leaders
BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa - Maj. Gen. William B. Garrett III, commander of U.S. Army Africa, visited South Africa on March 7, 2010 for a week-long tour, marking his first visit to that country.
Shortly after Garrett's aircraft touched down at Johannesburg's Tambo International Airport, he shook hands with Brigadier General Chris Gildenhuys, commanding general of the South African Army Armour Formation. The two officers last met in Monterey, California, during a July 2009 bi-lateral conference sponsored by the U.S. military.
In a sign of U.S. Army Africa's growing relationship with South Africa, it was now South Africa's turn to host the commander of U.S. Army Africa.
"Organizations don't collaborate, people do," Garrett said. "This visit is an invaluable opportunity to strengthen the relationship between our Army and the South African Army."
In the days to follow, Gildenhuys escorted Garrett to meet South Africa's
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List of South African military chiefs
This article lists the South African military chiefs. From 1958 until the first democratic general election in 1994, the present-day South African National Defence Force was known as the South African Defence Force. From 1912 to 1958, the South African military was known as the Union Defence Force.
In terms of section 202(1) of the Constitution of South Africa, the military command of the Defence Force consists of[1] the Chief of the Defence Force plus the Chiefs of the combat arms (Army, Air Force and Navy) as well as
- the Surgeon-General of the South African Military Health Service;
- the Chief of Joint Operations of the Defence Force;
- the Chief of Defence Intelligence;
- the Chief of Human Resources; and
- the Chief of Logistics.
Head of the Defence Force
[edit]The Defence Force consists of the Army, Air Force, Navy, and Medical Service (which was renamed Military Health Service in 1998). The Chief of the South African N
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JOHANNESBURG August 7 1998 - SAPA
TRC COMPLETES HEARINGS ON JHB MAGISTRATE'S COURT BOMBING
AP Landman, acting for Joseph Koetle, Solly Shoke and William Mabele, told the Truth and Reconcialitio Commission amnesty committee his clients had revealed the true facts of what had happened on May 20, 1987.
Koetle was responsible for the actual planting and detonating of the car bomb, while Mabele, only 19 at the time, was used as a driver to get Koetle to and from the court building.
Solly Shoke was responsible for supplying the bomb material. The three were all members of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the African National Congress' armed wing.
Four policemen - constables Weyers Botha, Christoffel Botha, Kobus Wilkens and Andre Duvenhage - were killed while three other policemen