List of South African military chiefs

This article lists the South African military chiefs. From 1958 until the first democratic general election in 1994, the present-day South African National Defence Force was known as the South African Defence Force. From 1912 to 1958, the South African military was known as the Union Defence Force.

In terms of section 202(1) of the Constitution of South Africa, the military command of the Defence Force consists of^[1] the Chief of the Defence Force plus the Chiefs of the combat arms (Army, Air Force and Navy) as well as

• the Surgeon-General of the South African Military Health Service;
• the Chief of Joint Operations of the Defence Force;
• the Chief of Defence Intelligence;
• the Chief of Human Resources; and
• the Chief of Logistics.