Thabiso Mokhosi

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
Mokhosi in 2018
Native name
Thabiso Collin Mokhosi
Bornc. 1968
Port Elizabeth
Died10 December 2019(2019-12-10) (aged 50–51)
Pretoria
Allegiance South Africa
Service/branch South African Army
RankLieutenant General
Commands held
  • Chief of the South African Army
  • GOC Joint Operations HQ
  • Commandant, SA Army College
  • OC 1 SA infantry Mechanised Battalion

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]

Mokhosi died in hospital on 10 December 2019.[1][2]

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


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