Mangwashi Victoria PhiyegaSOEG, commonly known as Riah Phiyega, was the National Police Commissioner of the South African Police Service. She was appointed to the office by South African President Jacob Zuma on 12 June 2012[1] and was the first woman to hold the post . Phiyega was suspended on 14 October 2015 by the President following a recommendation of the Farlam Commission of Inquiry into the deaths of protesting miners in Marikana in 2012.
^Parker, Faranaaz (12 June 2012). "Unmasking SA's new top cop: Who is Mangwashi Phiyega?". The M&G Online. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
Mangwashi Victoria Phiyega SOEG, commonly known as RiahPhiyega, was the National Police Commissioner of the South African Police Service. She was appointed...
Zuma Minister Nathi Mthethwa Preceded by Jackie Selebi Succeeded by RiahPhiyega Deputy Provincial Secretary of the African National Congress in KwaZulu-Natal...
October 2015 to 1 June 2017. He was appointed after the suspension of RiahPhiyega. He was previously head of the SAPS Forensic Service from 2012 to 2015...
recommendation from a board of inquiry, Zuma dismissed Cele and announced that RiahPhiyega, the first female commissioner, would replace him. In February 2018,...
miners at Marikana in the Northwest. Some allege that Police Commissioner RiahPhiyega and Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa may have given the go ahead for the...
Pattle, highest scoring Allied Air Ace of World War Two (1914–1941) RiahPhiyega, national police commissioner Vejaynand Ramlakan, South African military...
At the centre of this tragedy were the National Police Commissioner RiahPhiyega, Minister of Police Hon. Nathi Mthethwa, the Deputy president and Lonmin...
Commissioner RiahPhiyega told the media, "This is no time for blaming, this is no time for finger-pointing. It is a time for us to mourn". Phiyega said that...
Police Service national budget. The police commissioner at the time, RiahPhiyega, blamed the large number of claims "on a highly litigious climate". Police...
President Cyril Ramaphosa, but calling into question Police Commissioner RiahPhiyega's fitness to hold office. 6 – It is reported that a fleet of 13 trains...
that revealed that Lamoer was warned by national police commissioner RiahPhiyega that he was being investigated for his associated with an alleged Cape...
State. He replaced Richard Mdluli. National police commissioner General RiahPhiyega made the announcement on 22 October 2013. It was a "huge sense of disappointment"...
from national police commissioner RiahPhiyega. In summarising the contents of the letter Zille stated that Phiyega "“denied, disputed or redirected to...
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