Thabiso Collin Mokhosi (c. 1968[1] – 10 December 2019) was a South African Army officer, who served briefly as Chief of the South African Army.[2]
Lieutenant General Thabiso Mokhosi | |
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.jpg) Mokhosi in 2018 | |
| Native name | Thabiso Collin Mokhosi |
| Born | c. 1968 Port Elizabeth |
| Died | 10 December 2019 (aged 50–51) Pretoria |
| Allegiance |  South Africa |
| Service |  South African Army |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
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He completed his military training in Angola before attending demolition and operational command and control courses in Ukraine, Soviet Union.[3]
He also completed a logistics course in Italy in 1992 after which he returned to South Africa. He served as the Officer Commanding 1 South African Infantry Battalion, Commandant South African Army College. Aide de Camp to the Chief of the SANDF, Director Peace Support Operations before being promoted to major general when he was appointed as General Officer Commanding Joint Operations Headquarters until 31 October 2019.[1]
He was appointed Chief of the Army on 1 November 2019 and was due to fill the post in 2020 but was subsequently unable to due to illness.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c "SA Army chief dies". Retrieved 26 March 2023.
- ^ a b Grobler, Riaan (11 December 2019). "New SANDF chief Thabiso Mokhosi dies after one month in job". News24. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- ^ "New boss at Joint Operations HQ". DefenceWeb. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- ^ "De Goede acting Army chief until next year". Defense Web. 7 November 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
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