Rear Admiral Mosoeu Magalefa (21 April 1949 - 27 May 2014)[1] was a South African Navy officer, who served as Chief of Naval Staff.

[2] While at school he joined the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) in 1963 and joined the Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA) in 1967.

[1] He went into exile in 1977 and completed Military training courses in Tanzania and Libya, the People's Republic of China, Sudan and Yugoslavia.

[1] He returned to South Africa in the 1990s and integrated in the SANDF in 1996 and completed the Officers Orientation Course in 1997, the Naval Senior Staff Course in 1998.

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