Refiloe Johannes Mudimu | |
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Born | Sophiatown, Johannesburg, South Africa | 6 March 1954
Allegiance | South Africa |
Service/ | South African Navy |
Years of service | 1998–2014 |
Rank | Vice Admiral |
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Vice Admiral Refiloe Mudimu CLS, DMG, SM, MMS, MMM, MMB, SAN (Rtd) is a former South African military commander, who served as the Chief of the Navy before his retirement in 2014.
Johannes Mudimu was born on 6 March 1954,[1] in Sophiatown. He became a member of the African National Congress and uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) in 1975.
Mudimu received his military training in Angola, East Germany and the then USSR. He successfully completed the commander's course in 1977.[2] He then served as an instructor in MK camps until 1979 when he was deployed as Chief of Logistics in Luanda, Angola.[3]
Mudimu later served in ANC Headquarters in Lusaka, Zambia as the co-ordinator of the ANC Youth Radio Programs as well as a member of the editorial board of the Youth Publications. Early in 1985, he was deployed in Harare, Zimbabwe as the ordnance operative.[3]
Later, Mudimu was deployed as a commander of the underground units in the Transvaal and Northern Transvaal Provinces. He returned to South Africa in 1991 after the unbanning of the ANC.[4] In 1992, he was appointed Deputy Chief of Personnel and Training and served in the MK High Command until the integration of the forces to form the South African National Defence Force in 1994.[3]
After the integration of the forces, he was appointed to General Siphiwe Nyanda’s office as MK Chief of Staff Personnel and Training. Later he was appointed Director, Integration of the Non Statutory Forces (NSF's).
On 20 March 2014 it was announced that Vice Admiral Mudimu was due to become the next Chairman of Armscor.[9] He resigned from Armscor in 2018 due to ill health.[10]
On 19 April 2012, Johannes Mudimu received an Honorary Doctorate from Durban University of Technology.[11]
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His list of Military awards includes:[12][13]