Lindile Yam

Lindile Yam
Lieutenant General Lindile Yam during a visit to the FIB in the DRC during 2014
Born	(1960-08-08) 8 August 1960 (age 57) East London, Eastern Cape
Allegiance	South Africa
Service/branch	South African Army
Rank	Lieutenant General
Service number	94654191PE
Unit	13 SA Infantry Battalion
Commands held	South African Military Academy South African Army Infantry Formation South African Army

Lieutenant General Lindile Yam (born 8 August 1960) is the Chief of the South African Army.

He joined Umkhonto we Sizwe, the military wing of the ANC, in 1981 and became part of the South African National Defence Force in 1994 when all the forces were integrated. He served as Officer Commanding of 13 South African Infantry Battalion from November 1994 to November 1997.

He attended the Royal College of Defence Studies in 1995 for a Global Security Strategy Course.

He served as the 18th Commandant of the South African Military Academy from 2009 to 2011. He was promoted to Major General and was appointed as GOC South African Army Infantry Formation on 1 November 2011. He formally took over command on 2 March 2012 at a parade at the SA Army College in Thaba Tshwane.

He was promoted to Lieutenant General and assumed command of the South African Army in January 2016.