The first female the South African Police Service (SAPS) female Provincial Commissioner in Limpopo Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe.
Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe has a beautiful mind and she is intellectually pregnant too. A God-fearing woman is a true testimony that it is potent and imperative to follow your instincts.
Following her humility to care about the communities, she decided to become a police officer in 1986 instead of following her childhood dream of becoming a nurse Matron. Her achievements earned her to become the first female to be appointed as the Provincial Commissioner in Limpopo of the South African Police Service (SAPS).
Her academic record which boosts her amazing police career which gave birth to her being a consummate leader countrywide which continues to inspire South Africans was when she obtained a Diploma in Police Administration in 1995, acquiring a B Tech Degree in Policing in 2001, then a Certificate in Project
Management. This accelerated her to magnificently manage various projects and major events in the policing sector.
Marvellously, Lieutenant General Hadebe obtained an LLB from Unisa in 2020 and currently pursuing a Master’s Degree. This earned her to become the National Chairperson of the Police Music and Cultural Association (Polmusca).
With her over 38 years experience in the police sector, the Thomas revolutionary, nemeses and counterrevolutionary against a black child being triumphant, especially daughter of the revolutionary soil ate humble pies when Lieutenant General Hadebe intensified her illustrious career by achieving the following under her command;
*The rapid arrest of a suspect linked to multiple serious and violent crimes, including the brutal robbery, kidnapping, and sexual assault of two female nurses at Chuene Clinic in Thokgwaneng Village, Ga-Chuene, under the Lebowakgomo policing area on the morning of Friday, January 10, 2025.
*She has made significant strides in the fight against crime, thus making her an
inspiration to members of SAPS as well as stakeholders. She has demonstrated
exceptional leadership qualities and expertise in managing 105 Police Stations, five Districts and 18 Provincial components, with a total of 8 345 Police Act members and 2 014 Public Service Personnel.
*10 suspects responsible for an armed robbery at Malamulele police station in November 2021 were arrested. All stolen firearms and ammunition were recovered during the arrest.
*Over 16 500 suspects were arrested in the past financial year from all five Districts, with charges ranging from murder, attempted murder, robberies, burglaries, rape,assault and fraud amongst others.
*Operation Vala Umgodi's effectiveness in dismantling illicit operations and preventing further environmental degradation was exemplified by the confiscation of mining equipment to the value of over R35 million.
*Five suspects from uMlazi in KwaZulu-Natal took a chance and robbed a jewellery store at gunpoint in Savannah Mall, Polokwane in May 2023 and made off with R3 million worth of jewellery. The Task team accurately followed up on information leading to Hilton, in Pietermaritzburg, Kwazulu Natal, resulting in the arrest of suspects. The stolen items and a getaway vehicle were successfully recovered.
*She had been the Deputy Provincial Commissioner of Human Resource Management in Mpumalanga for a period spanning 12 years.
*She has made significant strides in the fight against crime, thus making her an
inspiration to members of SAPS as well as stakeholders. She has demonstrated
exceptional leadership qualities and expertise in managing 105 Police Stations, five Districts and 18 Provincial components, with a total of 8 345 Police Act members and 2 014 Public Service Personnel.
*Chabane Municipality was fatally shot and his son injured at their residence by
unknown assailants. Lieutenant General Hadebe had already tightened the screws in beefing up the dedicated Task teams to address all categories of crimes and five suspects involved in the incident were swiftly apprehended, ultimately convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in April 2023 by the Limpopo High Court in Polokwane.
*Five suspects from uMlazi in KwaZulu-Natal took a chance and robbed a jewellery store at gunpoint in Savannah Mall, Polokwane in May 2023 and made off with R3 million worth of jewellery. The Task team accurately followed up on information leading to Hilton, in Pietermaritzburg, Kwazulu Natal, resulting in the arrest of suspects. The stolen items and a getaway vehicle were successfully recovered.
*The success was just the beginning of another era for Limpopo Province, as criminal syndicates involved in serious and violent crimes, including drug crime were dismantled. In response to the spate of cash-in transit robberies in Limpopo, Gauteng and Mpumalanga, 19 suspects were fatally wounded in a shootout with the police in September 2023 in Makhado policing area, following a multidisciplinary operation.
*Drug bust worth R5 million in Lebowakgomo, Capricorn District in July in which a 45-year-old suspect was arrested, followed by the R 2 billion drug lab bust in Groblersdal, Sekhukhune District in which four suspects including a
farm owner, 1 South African and 2 Mexican Nationals were arrested. The police also seized a huge consignment of illicit cigarettes in the past financial year.
Lieutenant General Hadebe remains one of the most powerful women who continues to testify that “Wathint' abafazi, wathint' imbokodo/You strike a woman, you strike a rock” is real just like over 20 000 women who marched to Union Buildings in Pretoria to protest against oppression in 1956 iconic march. “Invite God in your plans for greater is He who lives us. He will never desert us for His love is plethora and unconditional,” Lieutenant General Hadebe said.
The first female the South African Police Service (SAPS) female Provincial Commissioner in Limpopo Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe.
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