The Commander-In-Chief of the South African National Defence Force, President Cyril Ramaphosa officiated the Armed Forces Day today.
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He laid a wreath in Barberton earlier in remembrance of those fallen. He delivered a keynote address thereafter in Mbombela.
Here’s all the sequence of events in tweets:
#ArmedForcesDay 🇿🇦 https://t.co/Jwv6AN1fol
— The Presidency 🇿🇦 (@PresidencyZA) February 21, 2022
https://twitter.com/PresidencyZA/status/1495665968982462467
President @CyrilRamaphosa lays wreath at the Barberton World War Memorial Site in Mpumalanga. The Memorial pays tribute to the men of Barberton who died in both World Wars #ArmedForcesDay 🇿🇦 pic.twitter.com/cgA5GIzCpj
— The Presidency 🇿🇦 (@PresidencyZA) February 21, 2022
As part of #ArmedForces2022 in Mpumalanga Mbombela, the #SANDF hosted an Interfaith Service at Mbombela Stadium. The service commemorated the lives of the 616 South African soldiers who lost their lives in the sinking of the SS MENDI steamship on 21 February 1917. pic.twitter.com/QqfFCKIp8b
— SA National Defence Force 🇿🇦 (@SANDF_ZA) February 21, 2022
As part of #ArmedForces2022 in Mpumalanga Mbombela, the #SANDF hosted an Interfaith Service at Mbombela Stadium. The service commemorated the lives of the 616 South African soldiers who lost their lives in the sinking of the SS MENDI steamship on 21 February 1917. pic.twitter.com/basn4ekRFV
— SA National Defence Force 🇿🇦 (@SANDF_ZA) February 21, 2022
As part of #ArmedForces2022 in Mpumalanga Mbombela, the #SANDF hosted an Interfaith Service at Mbombela Stadium. The service commemorated the lives of the 616 South African soldiers who lost their lives in the sinking of the SS MENDI steamship on 21 February 1917. pic.twitter.com/obF7qde8rn
— SA National Defence Force 🇿🇦 (@SANDF_ZA) February 21, 2022
Armed Forces Day 2022 || Wreath Laying Ceremony || Commander-in-Chief of the SA National Defence Force, President Cyril Ramaphosa || Barberton, Mpumalanga Province || 21 February.
Photographs by Government Communication Information Systems.#SANDF#ArmedForcesDay2022 pic.twitter.com/eRDO305FLN
— SA National Defence Force 🇿🇦 (@SANDF_ZA) February 21, 2022
#ArmedForcesDay2022 || Wreath Laying Ceremony || Commander-in-Chief of the SA National Defence Force, President Cyril Ramaphosa || Barberton, Mpumalanga Province || 21 February.
Photos by Inga Mtirara || Defence Corporate Communication || Communication Support Intern.#SANDF pic.twitter.com/fwjMODoVm4
— SA National Defence Force 🇿🇦 (@SANDF_ZA) February 21, 2022
Armed Forces Day 2022 || Military Parade || 21 February.
Photographs by SA Air Force.#SANDF#ArmedForcesDay2022 pic.twitter.com/j7QvAS6Nz7
— SA National Defence Force 🇿🇦 (@SANDF_ZA) February 21, 2022
