Chief of Joint Operations
| Lt Gen Deon Ferreira PVD SD SM MMM | 1 August 1997 | 31 December 2000 |
| Lt Gen Godfrey Ngwenya MMS | 1 January 2000 | 31 May 2005 |
| Lt Gen Sipho Binda | 1 June 2005 | 14 November 2006 |
| Lt Gen Themba Matanzima | September 2007 | 30 September 2011 |
| Lt Gen Derek Mgwebi | 1 October 2011 | present |
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