Makhanya (M M)

4 Sep 2026: Regiment leftover "SA Army" cleared -- that's the service branch (Army, as distinct from Navy/Air Force), not a specific regiment; the actual unit ("1 South African Infantry Battalion") is already captured in Unit. Per John's decision, the 52 records with no better Unit info were left as-is.
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 23 Sep 2026: "96688148 Rifleman M. M. Makhanya from the South African Army was shot dead by another soldier at Golela during an altercation while on duty. He was 24." CONTAMINATION FOUND AND CLEARED. This record's FirstName read "Azwifarwi Elvis", which belongs to PersonNumber 31515, Sergeant Azwifarwi Elvis Makhado, whose own initials A E match it. This man's initials are M M -- exactly what Graham gives, "M. M. Makhanya" -- and "Azwifarwi Elvis" cannot produce them. The forename is CLEARED rather than guessed at. PersonNumber 31516 carries the same copied forename against its own initials E N and has been cleared too. AGE flagged, not changed: Graham 24, this record 25 -- and 31515, 31516 and this record all read 25, which is the same fill showing through a fourth column.
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".