Defence department hails new chiefs
Date: 5 November 2004
Major-General Carlo Gagiano and Rear Admiral Refiloe Mudimu have been appointed chief of the South African Air Force and chief of the South African Navy respectively from February 1 next year, the department of defence said on Thursday.
Gagiano, currently chief director of policy and plans, will replace retiring air force chief Roelf Beukes with the rank of lieutenant-general.
Mudimu, the present Chief of Naval Staff, will be promoted to vice-admiral and take over from retiring Johan Retief.
Major-General Sipho Binda has been promoted to lieutenant-general from November 1 and appointed chief of joint support.
Brigadier-General Solly Mollo, previous director of strategy and planning, took up the vacant chief of human resource support post from November 1 with the rank of major-general.
Rear-Admiral George Mphafi has been appointed chief of defence foreign relations from November 1.
Colonel Marius Cornelissen, formation chaplain of the joint training division, was promoted to brigadier-general and appointed chaplain general.
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