Department of Military Veterans

Department of Military Veterans (DMV)
Department overview
Formed28 December 2011 (2011-12-28)
JurisdictionGovernment of South Africa
Headquarters
  • 328 Festival Street,
    Hatfield, South Africa
  • 25°45′S 28°11′E / 25.75°S 28.18°E / -25.75; 28.18
Employees180
Annual budgetR 912.75 million (2026/27)[1]
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.[2] 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[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Military Veterans — Spending Overview". Retrieved 21 April 2026.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ 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)


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