ZIMBABWE Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS)
Commissioner-General Retired Major-General Paradzai Zimondi will retire from
the top prisons post in November this year after 22 years of service which
began in 1998 when he was 51.
In an interview last night, Justice, Legal and
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi confirmed the development and
said Maj-Gen Zimondi (Rtd) would go on three months leave from July 31 pending
retirement on November 1.
“We are indebted to the services he offered during his
tenure in office,” he said.
“Commissioner-General Zimondi has worked tirelessly and has
exhibited high level of loyalty to his country before, during and after
independence. “His contribution to the nation is unmatched.”
Maj-Gen Zimondi (Rtd) joined the Zimbabwe Prison Services
as a Deputy Commissioner in 1997 and in July the same year undertook a study of
British, Danish and Swedish prison systems.
In 1998, he was appointed Acting Commissioner following the
retirement of Mr Langton Chigwida the previous year. Mr Chigwida had been at the helm of the prison service
since 1984.
Maj-Gen Zimondi (Rtd) was appointed as substantive
commissioner on April 1, 1998.
He joined the liberation struggle and received military
training at Mgagao Training Camp, Tanzania in 1974.
He was posted to Chimoio, Mozambique, where he assumed the
position of a trainer.
After independence in 1980, Maj-Gen Zimondi (Rtd) was
attested into the Zimbabwe National Army as a colonel and rose through the
ranks to become Major-General.
He held various commanding posts in the army, including
being Commander of Presidential Guard.
He helped to set up a formidable prisons service in the
country through improving the delivery of health systems in prisons across the
country. Herald
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