Pretoria - In response to the Sunday Times inaccurate reporting about the promotions of certain senior officers, the top management of the South African Police Service feels it imperative to put this matter in proper perspective (see here). This is despite the fact that media statements were issued for most of these appointments shortly after they were made.
On 26 August 2010 it was announced that two Deputy National Commissioners, Lieutenant General Christina Mgwenya and an Executive Legal Officer, Lieutenant General J Molefe were appointed in the office of the National Commissioner with effect from 1 September 2010. They were appointed as Chief Operations Officer and as Executive Legal Officer respectively.
Major General BC Mgwenya had served in the former Lebowa Police since 1986-07-07 and also formed part of the amalgamation with the South African Police Service during 1995. She served in the Ministry of Safety and Security where she was appointed as Chief of Staff prior to her redeployment to the South African Police Service in 2003. She also served as the Head, Employee Relations and Life Cycle Management within the Division Personnel Services where she successfully fulfilled her responsibilities.
Major General Mgwenya's qualifications i.e. a diploma in Police Administration, B A Honours in Police Science and currently studying toward a Masters in Public Administration, extensive knowledge of the organisation, her organisational skills and her interest and participation in various committees at Head Office level has proven her to be extremely qualified to fill the post of Chief Operations Officer in the office of the National Commissioner at the level of Lieutenant General serving as a Deputy National Commissioner.
Major General Julius Molefe is an admitted Advocate of the Supreme Court of South Africa and practised law as a member of the Witwatersrand Society of Advocates. He is a seasoned and experienced lawyer with the background in Criminal, Civil, Labour and Business law. He holds degrees in Bachelor of Arts (University of Fort Hare) and Bachelor of Laws (LLB) University of Natal, Durban. He has qualified himself with a Diploma in Public Administration which he obtained at Damelin, and is currently enrolled for a final year Masters in Public Administration (MPA) with the University of Pretoria.
Further he has completed two Executive Development Programmes with the University of Pretoria and the African Institute of Mentoring, respectively. He has a total of thirty (30) years of involvement with legal work and over 15 years in management. He was appointed in the South African Police Service during 1998. He served in the Legal Services environment and was appointed to function in capacity as a Major General on 2003-10-01. He successfully served the organisation as the Head: Contracts and Agreements at Head Office level. His involvement in the senior management echelon found him to be more than prepared to accomplish and set new standards as Executive Legal Officer in the office of the National Commissioner at the level of Lieutenant General.
In January this year the appointment of two new Deputy National Commissioners, namely Lieutenant General Leah Mofomme as the Deputy National Commissioner : Physical Resources Management and Lieutenant General Godfrey Lebeya as the Deputy National Commissioner : Crime Detection were announced. Their appointments became effective on 1 February 2011.
Lieutenant General Mofomme has been a senior manager in the SAPS for the past decade and she holds a BA Social Science, Masters of Public Administration and a PHD in Philosophy. Mofomme has had experience both at ground level - having served as the Station Commander of both Rietgat and Sunnyside Police Stations - and at managerial level, having been inter alia the Area Commissioner of Molopo in the North West and the Head of Support Services in the Supply Chain Management Division (now known as Physical Resources Management).