The Stellenbosch-based South African Military Academy will be partnering with the King Sabata Dalindyebo (KSD) municipality and the AbaThembu kingdom on a number of community development projects as part of the academy's annual Trans Enduro exercise.
This year's event to take place in November however will also be used as part of the Mandela Centenary celebrations.
Today, a team of students from the academy led by chief of staff Colonel Nelson Dlamini met KSD municipal representatives led by mayor Dumani Zozo and representatives of AbaThembu to thrash out the deal.
“We came down here to request permission from mayor [Zozo] and the AbaThembu kingdom,” Dlamini said.
“We thought it wise to start from Qunu and honour the father of the nation.”..