DA welcomes
appointment of Gen. Mark Dumisa Magadlela as police commissioner
The DA welcomes the newly appointed Mpumalanga police commissioner, Lieutenant
General Mark Dumisa Magadlela.
National police commissioner, Riah Phiyega, announced the
appointment of Magadlela this past weekend - as a replacement to General
Thulani Ntobela whose contract not extended when it expired late last year.
The DA wishes Magadlela all the luck in his new job. He has some
big shoes to fill after the departure of General Ntobela. Ntobela focused on
fighting crime within the province. Under General Ntobela Mpumalanga saw a decrease in the majority of
crime categories during his tenure.
The new commissioner faces tough challenges ahead if you take into
consideration that Mpumalanga has high murder
rate particularly in the areas of Secunda, Barberton and Witbank. The province also has
some serious problems relating to drugs, nyaope in particular.
The DA hopes that commissioner Magadlela will give specific
attention to the challenges associated with drugs and drug dealing in our
Province; as the people who are addicted to these drugs are terrorising their
families and the community at large. There is some work done already but there
is a desperate need to enhance these efforts.
Lieutenant General Mark Dumisa Magadlela was previously the Eastern Cape ’s Deputy
Provincial Commissioner for Crime Detection.
He is a career policeman and an admitted Advocate of the High
Court who started his career with the police in 1981 and rose through the
ranks. He graduated from the University
of Transkei with a BA in
Police Science, BA Honours in Criminology, LLB from the University of Fort
Hare. He is currently studying towards a Master’s Degree in Philosophy.
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