Davidson Masuku

Lieutenant-General Davidson Masuku SSAS MMM KStJ (8 March 1940[1] - 17 April 2000)[2] was a South African military commander and physician. He joined Umkhonto weSizwe (MK), the military wing of the African National Congress, and was its Chief of Health Services from 1993 to 1994, when MK was incorporated into the South African National Defence Force.

Davidson Themba Masuku

SSAS MMM CStJ
Born(1940-03-08)8 March 1940
Died4 April 2000(2000-04-04) (aged 60)
Johannesburg, South Africa
AllegianceSouth Africa
Service/branchSouth African Military Health Service
Commands heldChief of the SAMHS
Awards

He commanded the South African Military Health Service, as Surgeon-General, from 1997 to 2000.[3]

Medical career

He was trained as a doctor in Russia and qualified in 1981 as a surgeon.[4]

Awards and Decorations

See also

References

Military offices
Preceded by
Daniel Knobel
Chief of the South African Military Health Service
1997  2000
Succeeded by
Jurinus Janse van Rensburg


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