Department of Military Veterans

Department of Military Veterans

Emblem of the Department
Department overview
Formed	28 December 2009 (2009-12-28)
Preceding Department	Department of Defence and Military Veterans
Jurisdiction	Government of South Africa
Headquarters	328 Festival Street, Hatfield 25°45′S 28°11′E / 25.75°S 28.18°E / -25.75; 28.18
Minister responsible	Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, Minister of Defence and Military Veterans
Deputy Minister responsible	Kebby Maphatsoe, Deputy Minister of Defence and Military Veterans
Department executive	Tsepe Motumi, Director-General
Website	www.dmv.gov.za

The Department of Military Veterans is a department of the Government of South Africa that is responsible for providing support and services to veterans of the South African military, including veterans of the armed wings of anti-apartheid movements (Umkhonto we Sizwe and APLA). The political head of the department is the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans; as of 2013^[update] this is Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula. Her deputy is Kebby Maphatsoe, and the administrative head of the department is Director-General Tsepe Motumi.