Thabiso Mokhosi

Thabiso Collin Mokhosi (c.1968[1] – December 10, 2019) was a South African Army officer, who served briefly as Chief of the South African Army.[2]

Thabiso Mokhosi
Native name	Thabiso Collin Mokhosi
Born	c.1968 Port Elizabeth
Died	December 10, 2019(2019-12-10) (aged 50–51) Pretoria
Allegiance	South Africa
Service/branch	South African Army
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands held	Chief of the South African Army Commandant, SA Army College General Officer Commanding JOps HQ 1 SA infantry Mechanised Battalion

He completed his military training in Angola before attending demolition and operational command and control courses in Ukraine.[3]

He also completed a logistics course in Italy in 1992 after which he returned to South Africa.

He was appointed Chief of the Army on 1 November 2019 but was due to fill the post in 2020 due to illness.[4]

Mokhosi died in hospital on 10 December 2019.

References

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

Military offices
Preceded by Lt Gen Lindile Yam	Chief of the South African Army 2019 – 2019	Succeeded by Lt Gen Lawrence Mbatha
Preceded by Maj Gen Jabulani Nkabinde	GOC J Ops HQ 2017 – 2019	Succeeded by Maj Gen Lucky Sangweni
Preceded by Brig Gen Linda Selepe	Director Peace Support Operations 2015 – 2017	Succeeded by Brig Gen Viscount Ncqobo