Identity
Person No.
31513
Old ROH no.
35227
Service No.
93778918PF
Last Name
First Name
Madimetja Victor
Initials
M V
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
31
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,635
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, brakes of vehicle failed, in Lesotho, during Ops Boleas
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Corporal
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SANDF 1,026
South African National Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Memorial
Memorial
Location
Maseru, Lesotho
Address
Coordinates
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Operation
Operation
Dates
1998-09
About
SANDF intervention in Lesotho, September 1998, to restore order after a disputed election and mutiny; involved combat against elements of the Lesotho Defence Force in Maseru.
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry (Motorised)
Status
Permanent Force (Regular)
Part of
Listed under South African Army Infantry (Motorised) (Regular) in the SA Army Units navbox.
Notes
Grandson of Mrs. R. L. Makalela
Research notes
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 17 Sep 2026: 93778918PF Corporal Madimetja Victor Makalela, 7 SAI, killed during Ops Boleas in Lesotho when the brakes failed and the vehicle overturned. AGE CONFLICT flagged, not changed: this record 31, Graham 25.
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Army" was CLEARED as a duplicate. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word repeating what the Branch column already says. Secondary Unit is for sub-units -- a company, a squadron, a commando -- and this record's branch of service is unchanged at "Army".
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post
Graham Last Post 17 Sep 2026
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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defenceWeb -- SANDF peacekeeper fatalities
open source ↗
defenceWeb, "SANDF peacekeeper fatalities" and "DRC deaths pushed SANDF peacekeeper fatalities to over 100 since democracy" (compiled lists). Confirms existing record. NOT linked to the De Brug Wall of Remembrance -- that memorial explicitly excludes Operation Boleas (Lesotho) dead per its own stated scope.
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