Military honour for SA Navy Captain

Capt. Jacobus Jordaan (49) of Port Elizabeth and a South African Navay officer, was recently honoured by the German Defence Force when he received the Honour Cross (silver) for his work as project officer in Kiel. Capt. Jordaan and his family have been based in Germany since May 2004, where for the last two years he has been in charge of the submarine export project. The last of the three U209 submarines built by a German consortium for the SAN was the SAS Queen Modjadji. Capt. Jordaan also helped with the training of the South African sailors who will man the submarines. Capt. Jordaan returns to his base in Pretoria at the end of April, joining his wife Henriëtte and children, Melissa and Ben. He grew up in Port Elizabeth and attended Hoërskool Framesby. In 1977 he joined the Navy.