[1] In 1977 he attended the University of Western Cape (UWC) studying for a bachelor's degree in Law but failed to complete it due to his involvement in political activities.
[1] By 1981, he was in Angola receiving military training with Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the armed wing of the ANC.
[1] As part of the ANC's Department of National Intelligence and Security, he then received counter-intelligence training from 1982 by the Stasi in the German Democratic Republic.
[1] From 1987 until 1990, his role was as head of the counter-intelligence investigation unit in Lusaka in the renamed Department of Intelligence and Security.
In 2010, Hilton Dennis was appointed South African Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, a position he held until the end of 2014.