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Thalita Mxakato is Chief of Defence Intelligence within the South African National Defence Force (SANDF).

Background
Before becoming the first woman to hold the position, she served in the African National Congress' (ANC) armed wing Umkhonto we Sizwe in 1983 having completed her basic training in Angola and in Germany. She joined the SANDF in 1994 as part of the integration programme and joined the Defence Intelligence Division of the SANDF in 2003.

Chief of Defence Intelligence
Mxakato was appointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa in 2021 thus becoming the first woman in South Africa's history to hold the position.