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Khaya Makina

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Khaya Makina
Nickname(s)Joe Mavi
Born6 June 1964
New Brighton, Port Elizabeth
Died25 March 2021 (aged 56)
Mookgopong, Limpopo
Buried
Heroes Acres, Port Elizabeth
Allegiance South Africa
Service / branch South African Army
Years of service1984–2021
RankBrigadier General
UnitSchool of Artillery
Commands
AwardsUnitas (Unity) Medal ' Medalje vir Troue Diens (Medal for Loyal Service) ' Good Service Medal '

Brig. Gen. Khaya Makina (6 June 1964 – 25 March 2021)[1] was a General Officer in the South African Army from the artillery. He was born in New Brighton location in Port Elizabeth on 6 June 1964. He matriculated from Khwezi Lomso High School in 1982. He joined the uMkhonto we Sizwe and went into exile in the Kingdom of Lesotho and later in the Republic of Angola where he completed military training.

Military career

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He specialized in ground engineering and field artillery. He completed the Brigade Commanders Course at Simferopol Military College in the Crimean Oblast, Soviet Union in 1991. In South Africa, he served as a Company Commander and Operations Officer in the National Peacekeeping Force from January to May 1994 at De Brug and in Koeberg.

He completed the bridging training at the Air Defence Artillery School in Diskobolos. He served as a Battery Commander of Support Battery at the School of Artillery in 1995, Regimental Training Wing Commander in 1999, Officer Commanding School of Artillery during 2002–2004. The then Lt. Col. Makina completed the penultimate single service Senior Command and Staff Duties Course of the SA Army in 2001. He served as the SSO Force Preparation for the Artillery Formation from 2005 to 2008, SSO Research & Development from 2008 to 2013.[2] Chief of Staff Artillery Formation during 2014 to 2015, he was promoted to the rank of brigadier general on 1 Jan. 2016 and appointed the General Officer Commanding SA Army Artillery Formation. Brig Gen Makina was awarded the master gunner by the senior artilleryman present-Maj Gen Deon Holtzhausen at the crossed-barrels investiture held at the Ubique Hall, School of Artillery on 17 March 2017. He died in Mookgopong on 25 March 2021.

Honours and awards

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Medals

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Proficiency badges

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Master Gunner: 102
Master Gunner
Brigadier General
Khaya Makina[a]
Year: 2017
←101: WO2
C. Gordon
Colonel
Jongile G. Maso :103→

Notes

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  1. ^ Post occupied when award was made: General Officer Commanding, Artillery Formation

References

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  1. ^ "Gunner general dies". defenceWeb. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  2. ^ "APPOINTMENTS AND/OR PROMOTIONS OF COLS/CAPTS (SAN) IN THE SANDF: 2008/2009". 26 September 2008. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
Military offices
Preceded by General Officer Commanding Artillery Formation
2016–2021
Succeeded by
Brig Gen Jongile Maso
Preceded by Chief of Staff Artillery Formation
2014–2015
Succeeded by
Preceded by SSO Research & Development, Artillery Formation
2008–2013
Succeeded by
Preceded by SSO Force Preparation, Artillery Formation
2005–2008
Succeeded by
Preceded by OC School of Artillery
2002–2004
Succeeded by
Col Thulani Zungu
Preceded by
Lt Col Chris van Niekerk
Chief Instructor Regimental Training
1999–2001
Succeeded by
Lt Col Neels Odendaal
Honorary titles
Preceded by
WO2 C. Gordon
102nd Master Gunner
2017
Succeeded by