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The South African Navy (SA Navy) is the naval warfare branch of the South African National Defence Force.. The Navy is primarily engaged in maintaining a conventional military deterrent, participating in counter-piracy operations, fishery protection, search and rescue, and upholding maritime law enforcement for the benefit of South Africa and its international partners.
Rear Admiral (Junior Grade) Laura Janse van Vuuren is a South African Navy officer and the second woman to reach flag rank. [1] Janse van Vuuren completed her schooling at Zwaanswyk High School in 1976 and joined the Navy in 1977. She initially entered the Navy as a non-commissioned officer and then completed the officer's course in 1979. [1]
Rear Admiral (Junior Grade) Mmalekhina Emily Masanabo is a South African naval officer, currently serving as Director Naval Transformation. [1] [needs update] As a Seaman in November 1994, she joined the Military Police, becoming the first African woman to do so. She was also amongst the first African women to join the South African Army. [1]
Members of the South African Women's Auxiliary Naval Services, previously known as SWANS, operated the controls and detection equipment. All the British living quarters became the property of the SA Navy on 14 June 1944. In 1948 the training establishment HMSAS Field Marshal Smuts moved from Saldanha to Salisbury island in Durban.
Lt-Cdr Zimasa Mabela (born 1976 or 1977 (age 47–48)) [1] is a South African Navy officer who became the first black female appointed commander of a naval vessel. She took command of the SAS Umhloti on 26 August 2015, succeeding Commander Brian Shor. [2]
Gladys Mbulaheni is a South African Naval officer, serving as the Chief of Naval Staff from 1 June 2020. [ 1 ] She is the first woman to hold the rank of Rear Admiral in the South African Navy .
She joined the South African Navy on 1 April 1997 [2] and became the first woman to be promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral (Junior Grade) when she assumed the post of Director of Fleet Force Human Resources at Fleet Command on 1 January 2004. [2]
SAS Manthatisi (S101) is a Heroine-class submarine currently in service with the South African Navy. SAS Manthatisi is named after the female warrior chief of the Batlokwa tribe. The Executive Mayor of Naledi Local Municipality and the godmother of the S101, Dr. Ruth Segomotso Mompati , announced the name of the submarine in 2006 at a ceremony ...