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Outgoing SANDF Chief Solly Shoke.
Outgoing national defence force Chief General Solly Shoke was on the receiving end of good wishes and thanks for a job well done when he met the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) in Cape Town last week.
Shoke is on the final legs of a national tour bidding farewell to the men and women he commanded in the four services and the various divisions of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) over an almost 10 year period.
While in the Western Cape capital the MJC paid the only general in the SANDF what the Directorate: Corporate Communications (DCC) a courtesy visit.
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