Department of Military Veterans

Department of Military Veterans (DMV)
Department overview
Formed28 December 2011 (2011-12-28)
JurisdictionGovernment of South Africa
Headquarters328 Festival Street,
Hatfield, South Africa
25°45′S 28°11′E / 25.75°S 28.18°E / -25.75; 28.18
Employees180
Annual budgetZAR 878,000,000
Minister responsible
Deputy Ministers responsible
  • Gen. (Ret) Bantubonke Holomisa, Deputy Minister of Defence and Military Veterans
  • Richard Mkhungo, Deputy Minister of Defence and Military Veterans
Department executive
  • Nontobeko Mafu, Acting Director-General
Websitewww.dmv.gov.za

The Department of Military Veterans (DMV) is a separate government department and no longer a sub-department of the Department of Defence. The Department 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, APLA, etc.). The political head of the department is the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans; as of 2024 this is Angie Motshekga. Her two deputies are deputy are Retired General Bantu Holomisa and Richard Mkhungo (Hlophe). The current administrative head of the department is Acting Director-General Nontobeko Mafu

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