After graduating from University in 1978, he joined the Transkei Defence Force in 1979, undergoing training in Lohatla and Walvis Bay.

[1] Before integration into the SA National Defence Force in 1994, he served on the Joint Military Coordinating Council (JMCC) as the co-chairperson of the Inspection Work Logistics Command in 1995.

On 1 January 1999 until 31 May 2002, he was appointed as staff officer class at the SA Army Armour Formation and was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel.

He was appointed as senior staff officer in charge of staffing at the SA Army Headquarters on 1 June 2002 and promoted to the rank of colonel.

He served in that post for only one month and on 1 June 2004 was appointed as personnel staff officer to the then chief of the SA National Defence Force, General Siphiwe Nyanda.