Rear Admiral

David Maningi Mkhonto
Born (1969-05-05) May 5, 1969 (age 54)
Mbuzini, Mpumalanga
Allegiance South Africa
Service/branch South African Navy
Years of service1994–date[clarification needed]
RankRear Admiral
Commands held
AwardsOperational Medal for Southern Africa ' South Africa Service Medal ' Unitas (Unity) Medal ' Medalje vir Troue Diens (Medal for Loyal Service) ' Good Service Medal '

David Mkhonto is a South African Navy officer, serving as Chief Director Maritime Strategy.[1]

Military career

Mkhonto joined Umkhonto we Sizwe (the military wing of the African National Congress) in 1988[2] and joined the Navy on integration in 1994.[3] He is a qualified Mechanical Fitter Machinery Ships. He served aboard SAS Galeshewe and SAS Shaka.

Maningi started officer training in April 2000 and served as Assistant Project Officer for WILLIS in Germany. In February 2009, after attending the South African National War College in Tshwane, he was appointed as Officer Commanding Fleet Maintenance Unit Simon's Town, reporting to Director Fleet Logistics, from 1 January 2010.[4]

R. Adm. (JG) Mkhonto was appointed as Flag Officer Commanding on 1 April 2012[5] before being appointed Director Fleet Logistics in March 2015.[6]

He took over as Chief Director Maritime Strategy on 1 April 2018.[1]

Awards and decorations

References

  1. ^ a b "New director: maritime strategy for SA Navy". Defenceweb. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  2. ^ van den Berg, P. G. "The SA Navy bids farewell to a true officer and a gentleman". SA Navy. Archived from the original on 26 March 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  3. ^ Wingrin, Dean (17 July 2012). "New Boss for Simon's Town". Defenceweb. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Home".
  6. ^ Wingrin, Dean (2 March 2015). "Parade for new Simon's Town naval base boss". DefenceWeb. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
Military offices Preceded byKoos Louw FOC Naval Base Simon's Town 2012–2015 Succeeded byJoseph Dlamini Preceded byMonde Lobese Director Fleet Logistics 2015–2018 Succeeded byPapi Ikaneng Preceded bySagaren Pillay Chief Director: Maritime Strategy 2018– Incumbent


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