After
graduating from the University
of
Stellenbosch in 1949 Magnus Malan joined
the South African Defence Force as a candidate officer. He would have an
illustrious military career. Commissioned as a lieutenant in the South
African Marine
Corps in 1953 he rose rapidly through the ranks.
He was appointed Deputy Chief
of the Army in 1972, Chief of the Army shortly afterwards and as Chief of
the SADF
in 1976. In 1980 he retired from the SADF and became the Minister of Defence
in the National Party government. There is little that occurred during
South Africa’s
‘total onslaught’ years that General Malan didn’t have knowledge of.
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