Lawrence Mbatha is the current chief of the South African Army.

He joined Umkhonto we Sizwe in 1984 and completed courses in Angola and Zimbabwe.

[1] He integrated into the South African National Defence Force in 1994 and served as a company commander at 3 SA Infantry Battalion.

GOC Training Command at Human Resources Division from 2018 to 2020.

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