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Venda general and president

Gabriel Ramushwana
3rd Head of State of Venda
In office
5 April 1990 – 25 January 1994
Preceded byFrank Ravele
Succeeded byTshamano Ramabulana
Personal details
BornGabriel Ramushwana
(1941-07-01)1 July 1941
Musina, Transvaal, Union of South Africa
Died12 January 2015(2015-01-12) (aged 73)
Thaba Tshwane Military Hospital, Tshwane, Gauteng, South Africa
Political partyANC (Military)

Gabriel Ramushwana (1 July 1941 – 12 January 2015) was a head of state of the Bantustan of Venda.

Military career

He joined the SAP in Welkom as a Constable in 1960 and was seconded to the SADF 112 Infantry Battalion as a Warrant Officer in 1973. After being rushed through SADF OCS, he was commissioned as a Lieutenant and a Company 2 i/c in 112 Infantry Battalion in 1977. Promoted to Captain in 1980 and made Battalion Intelligence Officer. He was made the CO of the 1 Venda Battalion in 1981, and the deputy commanding officer of the Venda Defence Force in 1984.

On 8 February 1994, he was made Major-General of the National Peacekeeping Force.

Biography

On 5 April 1990, he led the overthrow of the democratically elected government of President Frank Ravele and established a military government.

Ramushwana died on 12 January 2015 at the age of 73.

Notes

  1. 2nd in Command

References

  1. "South African homelands".
  2. ^ "Jacaranda FM - Former army general dies". jacarandafm.com. Archived from the original on 13 January 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  3. "Ex-army general Ramushwana dies". IOL. 19 January 2015.
  4. "Former Venda head of state laid to rest". limpopomirror. 30 January 2015.
  5. "the Second Applicant : Mutheiwana Gabriel Ramushwana". justice.gov.za. Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Amnesty Committee. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  6. Anglin, Douglas G. (1995). "The Life and Death of South Africa's National Peacekeeping Force". The Journal of Modern African Studies. 33 (1): 21–52. ISSN 0022-278X.
  7. Who's who of Southern Africa. 1994. ISBN 9780958390217.
Political offices
Preceded byFrank Raveleas President Head of State of Venda
Chairman of the Council of National Unity

1990 – 1994
Succeeded byTshamano Ramabulana
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