Correctional Services National Commissioner, Makgothi Thobakgale officially pinned insignia on the newly appointed Regional Commissioner (RC) of the Eastern Cape Region, Lucky Mthethwa, on 02 April 2024.
During his operational visit to Middledrift Correctional Centre, Amathole Management Area, National Commissioner Thobakgale urged the officials to support the newly appointed Regional Commissioner. “I request that you give RC Mthethwa all the necessary support and work well with him. We are a big organisation and we have other responsibilities that still need the leadership of his calibre. If we are to build the South Africa and the Eastern Cape that we want, then there are some notions that we need to dispel. We need to see each other as one people that belong to the same country,” remarked National Commissioner Thobakgale.
RC Mthethwa started his career in the Department of Correctional Services in 1986 as a Correctional Officer at Glencoe Correctional Centre, KwaZulu-Natal Region. He has worked his way up the ranks of the department.
His positions in the department include the following:
• Junior Instructor at Zonderwater Training College
• Head of Leeuwkop Medium B Centre (Juvenile)
• Acting Head: Human Resources: Leeuwkop Management Area
• Head of Emthonjeni Youth Centre
• APOPS Controller: Head Office
• Director Corrections Administration: Head Office
• Acting Deputy Commissioner: Personal Corrections at Head Office
• Area Commissioner of Durban Management Area
• Deputy Regional Commissioner: Kwa-Zulu Natal Region
• Chief Security Officer: Head Office
He also has vast experience working with various organisations such as the South African Custodial Management as the Chief of Security and Deputy Prison Director as well as lecturer at Tshwane University of Technology.
RC Mthethwa holds the following qualifications and certificates:
• Master in Public Administration from the University of Pretoria
• Bachelor of Arts Degree from Vista University
• Leadership Development
• Management Services
• Junior Instructor’s Certificate
• Labour Relations
• Leadership Development
• Public Management and Industrial Relations
He is self-disciplined, with strong organizational abilities, excellent and proven general management and project management skills. He is staunch advocate for developing officials under his supervision, a good leader and a great team player. RC Mthethwa is passionate about service excellence which derives from his passion to deliver service delivery in line with the mandate of the DCS.
