Brig. Dineo Mokwele (31) received the Integrity Under Fire Special Award on Monday evening at the 2026 whistleblower awards ceremony. The award comes after challenges in her career, including her detention alongside other senior police officers and questions about her appointment.
Brig. Athlenda Mathe, national police spokesperson, says Gen. Fannie Masemola, the national police commissioner, congratulated Mokwele on the recognition for her courage, integrity and professional conduct amid challenges in the organisation.
Mokwele was promoted to the rank of brigadier in 2024 and was appointed the same year as head of the technical support services division in the police's crime intelligence division. She led technical teams and oversaw workshops, infrastructure and processes supporting intelligence gathering and operational work. She currently serves as acting head of the crime systems infrastructure management division within technology management services, where she manages technology projects and coordinates stakeholder collaboration to improve crime systems' reliability, integration and modernisation.
Mokwele holds a Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA), a BTech degree in industrial engineering and a national diploma in mechatronics engineering. Her career also includes work in the private sector, including at BMW South Africa. Masemola says her sustained professionalism and dedication despite these challenges deserve recognition.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
