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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>The South African Police Service (SAPS) is bidding farewell to Gauteng police commissioner and veteran officer Lt-Gen Elias Mawela.<\/p>\n

Mawela is set to retire on Wednesday after serving in the police service for nearly four decades. His five-year term as a provincial commissioner also ends on Wednesday.”Today [Wednesday] Mawela will hang up his boots as he bows out of service after 39 years of uninterrupted, loyal and dedicated service.<\/p>\n

“Mawela joined SAPS as a student constable in 1984, where he started serving in the Mamelodi policing precinct and worked his way up the ranks to the level of lieutenant-general in 2011,” said police spokesperson Brig Athlenda Mathe.<\/p>\n

Mawela held senior roles within the police service, including deputy area commissioner of Pretoria, component head of border policing, divisional commissioner: operational response services and Natjoints chairperson.National police commissioner Gen Fannie Masemola praised Mawela for “being a great operator and an epitome of a servant leader.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a commander who has left an indelible footprint as an operator in all units, stations and components he has led. A true operator, a man of action. To him it didn\u2019t matter where he was deployed, he served the people of South Africa for the past four decades with sheer diligence and commitment.<\/p>\n

“It has been an honour to serve alongside you. We will miss him and wish him well in his retirement. Thank you to his family for allowing him to serve.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mathe confirmed the process to replace Mawela as provincial commissioner is under way.<\/p>\n

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