Thabiso Mokhosi Explained

Honorific Prefix:Lieutenant General
Thabiso Mokhosi
Native Name:Thabiso Collin Mokhosi
Birth Place:Port Elizabeth
Death Place:Pretoria
Rank:Lieutenant General
Commands:
  • Chief of the South African Army
  • GOC Joint Operations HQ
  • Commandant, SA Army College
  • OC 1 SA infantry Mechanised Battalion

Thabiso Collin Mokhosi ([1] 10 December 2019) was a South African Army officer, who served briefly as Chief of the South African Army.[2]

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 until 31 October 2019.

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]

Mokhosi died in hospital on 10 December 2019.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SA Army chief dies. 26 March 2023.
  2. Web site: New SANDF chief Thabiso Mokhosi dies after one month in job . News24 . 11 December 2019 . 11 December 2019 . Grobler, Riaan.
  3. Web site: New boss at Joint Operations HQ . DefenceWeb . 6 July 2017 . 11 December 2019.
  4. Web site: De Goede acting Army chief until next year . Defense Web . 7 Nov 2019 . 13 November 2019.