Siphiwe Nyanda

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Siphiwe Nyanda was the Minister of Communications of the Republic of South Africa from 10 May 2009 to 31 October 2010.

General Siphiwe Nyanda SSA SBS CSL DMG MMS MMM (born 1950) is a South African politician, appointed minister of communications in 2009.

He 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).

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Academic Qualifications


Matriculated: Orlando High School Soweto; South Africa.
Civil Service Programme; Civil Service College, UK
Bachelor of Arts Degree, University of South Africa; South Africa.
Postgraduate Diploma in Economic Principles; University of London, UK
MSc Financial Management; University of London


Military Qualifications


Infantry Platoon Commander’s Course; German Democratic Republic
60 MM Artillery Course; German Democratic Republic
Abridged Brigade Commander’s Course; Moscow, Soviet Union
Intelligence Course; German Democratic Republic
South African Senior Command & Staff Course; Army Staff College
Senior Command and Staff Duties; SA Defence College
Joint Staff Course; Defence Staff College


Political


1974-1976: Recruiting Officer, African National Congress (ANC)
1976: Trainee Unit Commander
1977-1979: Commissar: Transvaal Urban Operations, Transvaal
1979-1983: Commander: Transvaal Urban Machinery
1983-1986: Chief of Staff: Transvaal Command (Eastern Command)
1986: Commander: Border Operations, Swaziland
1986-1988: Chairman: Regional Political Military Committee
1988-1990: Deputy Head: Political Military Underground Leadership, RSA
1990 July-November: Arrested: Operation Vula
1991 December: Elected to National Executive Committee of the ANC at its first National Conference since unbanning
1994 April: Resigns from NEC on appointment as Chief of Staff of South African National Defence Force
2007 December: Re-elected to NEC at 52nd National Conference of the ANC at Polokwane
1992-1994: Appointed Chief of Staff of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) the Liberation Army of the ANC
1994: Co-chairman of the Joint Military Co-ordinating Committee of the Transitional Executive Council
1994-1997: Chief of Staff, South African National Defence Force (SANDF)
1997: General Officer Commanding, Gauteng Command
1997-1998: Appointed Deputy Chief of SA National Defence Force (SANDF)
1998-2005: Appointed Chief of the SA National Defence Force

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Nyanda was sacked as communications minister on 31 October 2010.