Salute Khehla Sithole as SAfrica’s new top cop
President Jacob Zuma on Thursday announced the appointment of of Khehla John Sithole as South Africa’s new national police commissioner.
Born in Standerton in Mpumalanga province, General Sithole brings a wealth of operational as well as management experience to the SA Police Service.
He has grown through the ranks of the police, having joined the service as a constable until his promotion as a Lieutenant General in 2011,” Zuma’s office said in a statement.
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According to the statement from the presidency, Sithole joined the police as a student constable in 1986 and in that same year was promoted to sergeant.
He came up through the ranks, getting a promotion every two years until becoming a major in 1992.
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