SA navy bid farewell to Vice Admiral J. Mudimu

Chief of the South African Navy, Vice Admiral J. Mudimu, will hand over command of the South African Navy to Rear Admiral Mosuwa Samuel Hlongwane, at Martello Sportsfield in Simon's Town today. This will be the culmination of a very successful 8 years in office by Vice Admiral Mudimu. During this time he played a major international role to put the South African Navy in the forefront of several international treaties and programmes. He was instrumental in a establishing the Sea Power for Africa Initiative and is currently the outgoing chairman of the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium. Furthermore he was a driving force in the SADC Maritime Strategy as well as the tripartite alliance between Mozambique, Tanzania and South Africa to curb piracy in the Indian Ocean.