Siphiwe Nyanda

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General Siphiwe Nyanda SSA SBS CSL DMG MMS MMM (born 1950) was a South African military commander. He joined Umkhonto weSizwe (MK), the military wing of the African National Congress, in 1974, and served as a field commander during the liberation struggle against the South African government in the 1980s. He was appointed MK Chief of Staff in 1992, and served on the Transitional Executive Council which oversaw the change of government in 1994.

Maj Gen Nyanda transferred to the South African National Defence Force, into which MK was incorporated in 1994, and served successively as Chief of Defence Force Staff (1994-1996), General Officer Commanding Gauteng Command (1996-1997), Deputy Chief of the SANDF (1997-1998), and Chief of the SANDF (1998-2005).

[edit] See also

• List of South African military chiefs
• South African Army
• South African National Defence Force

[edit] References

Article in SA Soldier (June 2005)