Mcebisi Zukile Mdutywa
Mcebisi Zukile Mdutywa | |
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| Born | 1978 Eastern Cape, South Africa |
| Allegiance |  South Africa |
| Service/ | South African Military Health Service |
| Rank | Brigadier General |
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Brigadier General (Dr) Mcebisi Zukile Mdutywa born 1978 is a South African military officer who serves as General Officer Commanding of the Area Military Health Formation, in the South African Military Health Service from the year 2021.
Military career[edit]
He joined the South African National Defence Force in 2005 after completing his medical degree, immediately beginning training with the South African Special Forces. The following year he qualified as a paratrooper, becoming the first black South African doctor to do so, and qualified as a Special Forces operator later that year.[1]. In 2017 he assumed command of 7 Medical Battalion Group[2], the elite operational unit of the South African Military Health Service. With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic he commanded the multidisciplinary team responsible for the repatriation of South African citizens who had been stranded in Wuhan, China, which was then the epicentre of the pandemic[3]
References[edit]
- ↑ https://www.news24.com/citypress/News/from-herd-boy-to-colonel-of-elite-military-unit-20170825
- ↑ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence/sa-defence-sa-defence/new-boss-for-7-med-battalion-group/
- ↑ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-29-we-are-ready-for-the-next-mission-wuhan-repatriation-crew-tells-ramaphosa/
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