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Team work and the taste of success… the SAPS in Mozambique<br />
geographical and functional areas in several parts of the country, including metropolitan<br />
and rural police stations and specialist units.<br />
• In November 1997, history was made when the converted SAPS Star of Outstanding<br />
Service was presented to a woman for the first time. Assistant Commissioner Magda<br />
Stander, Head: Personnel Services, received the medal along with 70 police commissioners<br />
at a parade that was held at the SAPS Training College in Pretoria.<br />
• In June 1997, a management training programme was presented and sponsored by the<br />
Wits Graduate School of Public and Development Management in cooperation with<br />
the Danish government. As part of the programme, an extensive course on managerial<br />
techniques was presented to police officials from across the country.<br />
• In October 1997, South Africa’s first Detective Academy was opened in Silverton,<br />
Pretoria. The academy offered training for 90 students and the first intake included two<br />
participants each from the police agencies of Lesotho, Botswana, Swaziland, Namibia<br />
and Zimbabwe.