{"id":9089,"date":"2024-04-05T12:28:06","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T12:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=9089"},"modified":"2024-04-05T12:28:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T12:28:06","slug":"mr-lucky-mthethwa-appointed-as-the-new-eastern-cape-regional-commissioner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/?p=9089","title":{"rendered":"Mr Lucky Mthethwa appointed as the new Eastern Cape Regional Commissioner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9090\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/NC-and-RC.jpg\" alt=\"NC and RC\" width=\"533\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/NC-and-RC.jpg 533w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/NC-and-RC-300x208.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/NC-and-RC-400x277.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>During his operational visit to Middledrift Correctional Centre, Amathole Management Area, National Commissioner Thobakgale urged the officials to support the newly appointed Regional Commissioner.\u00a0 \u201cI request that you give RC Mthethwa all the necessary support and work well with him.\u00a0 We are a big organisation and we have other responsibilities that still need the leadership of his calibre.\u00a0 If we are\u00a0to build the South Africa and the Eastern Cape that we want, then there are some notions that we need to dispel.\u00a0 We need to see each other as one people that belong to the same country,\u201d remarked National\u00a0Commissioner Thobakgale.<\/p>\n<p>RC Mthethwa started his career in the Department of Correctional Services in 1986 as a Correctional Officer at Glencoe Correctional Centre, KwaZulu-Natal Region.\u00a0 He has worked his way up the ranks of the department.<br \/>\nHis positions in the department include the following:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Junior Instructor at Zonderwater Training\u00a0College<br \/>\n\u2022 Head of Leeuwkop Medium B Centre (Juvenile)<br \/>\n\u2022 Acting Head: Human Resources:\u00a0 Leeuwkop\u00a0Management Area<br \/>\n\u2022 Head of Emthonjeni Youth Centre<br \/>\n\u2022 APOPS Controller:\u00a0 Head Office<br \/>\n\u2022 Director Corrections Administration:\u00a0 Head Office<br \/>\n\u2022 Acting Deputy Commissioner:\u00a0 Personal\u00a0\u00a0 Corrections at Head Office<br \/>\n\u2022 Area Commissioner of Durban Management Area<br \/>\n\u2022 Deputy Regional Commissioner:\u00a0 Kwa-Zulu Natal Region<br \/>\n\u2022 Chief Security Officer:\u00a0 Head Office<\/p>\n<p>He also has vast experience working with\u00a0various organisations such as the South African\u00a0Custodial Management as the Chief\u00a0of Security and Deputy Prison Director as\u00a0well as lecturer at Tshwane University of\u00a0Technology.<\/p>\n<p>RC Mthethwa holds the following qualifications\u00a0and certificates:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Master in Public Administration from the University of Pretoria<br \/>\n\u2022 Bachelor of Arts Degree from Vista University<br \/>\n\u2022 Leadership Development<br \/>\n\u2022 Management Services<br \/>\n\u2022 Junior Instructor\u2019s Certificate<br \/>\n\u2022 Labour Relations<br \/>\n\u2022 Leadership Development<br \/>\n\u2022 Public Management and Industrial Relations<\/p>\n<p>He is self-disciplined, with strong organizational abilities, excellent and proven general management and project management skills.\u00a0 He is staunch advocate for developing officials under his supervision, a good leader and a great team player.\u00a0 RC Mthethwa is passionate about service excellence which derives from his passion to deliver service delivery in line with the mandate of the DCS.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9091\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Insignia.jpg\" alt=\"Insignia\" width=\"257\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Insignia.jpg 257w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Insignia-201x300.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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