Maj Gen Abe Notshweleka was a General Officer in the South African Army from the artillery.

He completed a Teaching diploma from a College of Education in Bophuthatswana and taught in schools around Mafikeng.

He specialized in artillery while in exile and integrated into the South African National Defence Force with the rank of a lieutenant colonel on 27 April 1994.

Lt. Col. Notshweleka completed the Senior Command and Staff Duties Course in 1999 and Executive National Security Program in 2001.

He was appointed the first Chief of Staff of the newly established Artillery Type Formation from 1999 to 2001.