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.[1] 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[2]

References

  1. ^ "President Cyril Ramaphosa: Changes to the national executive". Government of South Africa. 5 August 2021. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  2. ^ website, 2025 © Department of Military Veterans. "Organisational structure of the Department of Military Veterans". The official Department of Military Veterans website. Retrieved 6 November 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)