Deputy Commissioner-General Moses Chihobvu has been
promoted to Commissioner-General of the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional
Services (ZPCS) with effect from 1 November.
Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi
Ziyambi yesterday confirmed the promotion by President Mnangagwa.
His promotion follows the retirement of Retired
Major-General Paradzai Zimondi, who is now on pre-retirement leave, after 22
years at the helm.
Dep Comm-Gen Chihobvu has been Acting Commissioner-General
since Rtd Maj-Gen Zimondi went on three months of pre-retirement leave and his
promotion as substantive head of the service will take effect on November 1
after Comm-Gen Zimondi formally retires.
Dep Comm-Gen Chihobvu was seconded to ZPCS from the
Zimbabwe National Army in 1999 and appointed personal staff officer to the
commissioner of prisons.
He has risen through the senior ranks of the service and in
his rise has served as Chief Staff Officer Security and Protocol, Assistant
Commissioner Security and Protocol, Senior Assistant Commissioner Rehabilitation
and Officer Commanding Manicaland Region, before becoming Deputy
Commissioner-General with responsibility of correctional services.
Minister Ziyambi said he had passed on the good news.
“With the instruction from the President, I have since
advised Deputy Commissioner-General Chihobvu on his new appointment,” said
Minister Ziyambi.
He brings a wealth of experience to his position, a holder
of a Master of Science in Strategic Management and a BSC (Hon) degree in
Management and Entrepreneurial Studies among several other qualifications.
Dep Comm-Gen Chihobvu is a liberation war veteran who
joined the struggle in December 1977 and did a platoon commander’s course in
Sarajevo in the former Yugoslavia.
He was attested into the Zimbabwe National Army at
independence and held various positions and, participated in the Mozambique
Campaign and in peacekeeping in Angola with Unavem III.
Dep Comm-Gen Chihobvu is also a holder of a Diploma in
Combined Strategic Intelligence from the United
States. Herald
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