The appointments were made by the State President of South Africa.

The conferral of this honour entitles the holder to the use of 'DMS' (or Afrikaans: DVD) after their name.

A five-armed gold Maltese cross, displaying a golden protea flower on a blue roundel in the centre of a 5-pointed diamond-studded star, all superimposed on a multi-rayed silver and gold plaque (obverse).

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