The Kishugu Aviation Training Organisation (ATO) bids farewell to the South African Police Service (SAPS), female students.
A delegation from the SAPS training division visiting Kishugu Aviation on Friday, 30 August, for the final debrief on the training of this dynamic group of female pilots. The nine young ladies were selected by the South African Police Service to become pilots for the SAPS air wing.
The cost of their training was met by the Transport Education Training Authority (TETA). Tshomarelo Moima (24) from Pretoria, Tebogo Boshielo (22) from Pretoria, Linah Mphanga (25) from Hazyview, Mpumalanga, Happiness Sibiya (22) from Mpumalanga, Lindelwa Mdaki (22) from Durban, Usisipho Fanie (26) from Western Cape, Gloria Banda (21) from Danville Pretoria and Tobeka Shozi (20) from Pietermaritzburg, KZN.
Their success is all the more remarkable since many of them did not have a driver’s license, nor had any of them ever been in light aircraft before their training began. They were selected as part of a SAPS initiative aimed at skills development and creating jobs.
Kishugu ATO won the contract to train the pilots after an extremely tough-tender vetting process. “We are extremely proud of these young ladies and very happy with Kishugu® on the sterling job of training these ladies.
We will definitely be using Kishugu again to train more pilots, perhaps as early as January 2019,” says Major General Gossmann. Since arriving at Kishugu ATO in April 2016 these women have been taking to the skies on almost a daily basis building hours and experience. To date, the women accumulated over 2,200 hours of flying.
Pamela Baloyi - Top Cadet
Twin IF Commercial
- 24 year old from Giyano near Tzaneen in Limpopo.
- Dedicated to the Cadet Programme throughout.
- Invited to the TOP 40 most influential Women Awards, 2017.
- 9 CPL exams completed with a mark above 75%.
- Total Flying Hours: 252
Thobeka Thozi
Private Pilots Licence
- 20 year old from Pietermaritzburg, KZN.
- Eight CPL exams completed with a pass mark
above 75%. - Total Flying Hours: 227
Gloria Banda
Single VFR Commercial
- 21 year old from Danville, Pretoria.
- An intelligent person, grasping the concepts and theory around Aviation expeditiously.
- Eight CPL exams completed with a pass mark above 75%.
- Total Flying Hours: 231
Thobogo Boshielo - Second Best Cadet
Twin IF Commercial
- 22 year old from Pretoria.
- Nine CPL exams completed with a pass mark above 75%.
- Other qualifications: SAAF Young Falcon for the years 2012 and 2013.
- Total Flying Hours: 281
Usi Fani
Single VFR Commercial
- 26 year old from Western Cape.
- Nine CPL exams completed with a pass mark
above 75%. - Total Flying Hours: 221
Happiness Sibiya
Twin IF Commercial
- 22 year old from Mpumalanga.
- Nine CPL exams completed with a pass mark
above 75%. - Proved to never give up and ended in the top
ranks. - Total Flying Hours: 269
Lindelwa Mdaki
Private Pilots Licence
- 22 year old from Durban.
- Eight CPL exams completed with a pass mark above 75%.
- Attended WITS University before joining the Kishugu® Aviation Training Organisation.
- Total Flying Hours: 195
Linah Mapangha
Single VFR Commercial
- 25 year old from Hazyview, Mpumalanga.
- Eight CPL exams completed with a pass mark
above 75%. - Total Flying Hours: 253
Tshomarelo Moima
Single VFR Commercial
- 24 year old from Pretoria.
- 8 CPL exams with a mark above 75%.
- Various other qualifications: Engineering, soldering, welding, electronics, machining, filling, SAAF basic training, SAAF officer’s forming course.
- Total Flying Hours: 273
