Siphiwe Nyanda
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General Siphiwe Nyanda SSA SBS CSL DMG MMS MMM (born 1950) is a South Africa
n politician, former minister of communications
from 2009 - 2010.
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).
The cost of the work was originally estimated at R12m by Impophoma Infrastructure Support, a business entity of Gauteng’s transport department set up to improve service delivery. R67,87m had been spent on the contract, and costs had not been determined and fixed in advance.
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
n politician, former minister of communications
Minister of Communications (South Africa)
The Minister of Communications is a Minister in the Government of South Africa, who is responsible for overseeing the Department of Communications.-External links:**...
from 2009 - 2010.
He was a South African military commander. He joined Umkhonto weSizwe (MK), the military wing of the African National Congress
African National Congress
The African National Congress is South Africa's governing Africanist political party, supported by its tripartite alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the South African Communist Party , since the establishment of non-racial democracy in April 1994. It defines itself as a...
, 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
South African National Defence Force
The South African National Defence Force is the armed forces of South Africa. The military as it exists today was created in 1994, following South Africa's first post-apartheid national elections and the adoption of a new constitution...
, 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).
Companies
It was revealed that Transnet Freight Rail, on suspended chief executive Siyabonga Gama’s watch, had awarded GNS [General Nyanda Security] Risk Advisory Services (Pty) Ltd, Nyanda’s company a R55-million tender without proper tender processes being followed. The company also had contracts with passenger train company Metrorail; state bus company Autopax; and two contracts with the Gauteng provincial government.The cost of the work was originally estimated at R12m by Impophoma Infrastructure Support, a business entity of Gauteng’s transport department set up to improve service delivery. R67,87m had been spent on the contract, and costs had not been determined and fixed in advance.
See also
- List of South African military chiefs
- South African ArmySouth African ArmyThe South African Army is the army of South Africa, first formed after the Union of South Africa was created in 1910.The South African military evolved within the tradition of frontier warfare fought by commando forces, reinforced by the Afrikaners' historical distrust of large standing armies...
- South African National Defence ForceSouth African National Defence ForceThe South African National Defence Force is the armed forces of South Africa. The military as it exists today was created in 1994, following South Africa's first post-apartheid national elections and the adoption of a new constitution...