Kamffer started his military career with national service in 1973 where he served as a platoon commander at 4 SAI, based at Middelburg in what is today Mpumalanga.[1]
He was Officer Commanding of the now disbanded Heidelberg Commando for nine years and in 1998 was appointed SSO Commandos at South African Army Headquarters with the substantive rank of Colonel.[1]
He successfully completed the Senior Command and Staff Duties course at the South African Army College. In 2005 he was promoted to Brigadier General and the following year he successfully completed the Executive National Security programme at Defence College.[1]
On the 17th February 2021, he was transferred from the post of Director: Army Reserves to the post of Director: Project KOBA-TLALA.[1][2]
This project was created as a result of an initiative by Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula[2] as an attempt to use the Reserve Force to assist in rural development.[2] Project KOBA-TLALA had the further objectives of upskilling reserve force soldiers and providing them with gainful employment while they were not serving on active duty.[2] One of the notable outcomes of the project has seen some members achieving SAQA accredited training[2][3] As the project developed, it was proposed that it would be converted into a "Production Brigade"[4] and becoming self-sustaining, reducing the burden on the Defence Force budget.[4][5]: 38
Gen Kamffer was responsible for managing the project to rename the Reserve Force units which had been identified as needing it.[6]
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