Forty under 40 South Africa Awards 2024

Media Statement
South African Police Service

GAUTENG – The South African Police Service (SAPS) wishes Lieutenant Colonel Kgothatso Khunou and Captain Zeldah Ntuli best of luck ahead of the Forty Under 40 Awards ceremony taking place later this evening.

They are both nominees in the Aviation category and two out of 17 female SAPS pilots nationwide.

Khunou is a chief helicopter pilot attached to the SAPS Airwing based at New Tempe Airport in Bloemfontein, Free State. Khunou is also the first African female pilot in this particular province. She holds a commercial pilot licence and in her final year of obtaining a Diploma in Management (Aviation).

Ntuli is a fixed-wing pilot attached to the SAPS Airwing based at Wonderboom Airport in Gauteng. She also holds a commercial pilot licence and has a Grade 3 Instructor’s rating.

As a pilot in the SAPS, their duties include operational flights by providing aerial support for ground units during tracing operations as well as assisting with search and rescue missions.

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