Rtd. Major General Paradzai Zimondi | |
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Commissioner-General for Prisons and Corrections Services | |
In office 1 April 1998 – 1 November 2020 | |
President | Robert Mugabe Emmerson Mnangagwa |
Personal details | |
Born | Paradzai Willings Zimondi 4 March 1947 Uzumba District, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (now Zimbabwe) |
Died | 22 January 2021 Harare, Zimbabwe | (aged 73)
Political party | ZANU–PF |
Spouse(s) | Doreen Ruzai Gandari Annie Flora Imagine Chairuka |
Children | Rufaro Patrick Zimondi Abigaal Upenyu Zimondi |
Education | Manyika Primary School, Uzumba Umvuma United Primary School, Mvuma Makosa Primary School, Mutoko Nyamuzuwe High School, Mutoko |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Zimbabwe Defence Forces |
Branch/service | Zimbabwe National Army Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army |
Years of service | 1974–1997 |
Rank | Major General |
Paradzai Willings Zimondi (Paradzai Willings Zimonte[1]) (4 March 1947 – 22 January 2021) was a Zimbabwean independence activist and military officer. Zimondi was considered a hero of the Zimbabwean struggle for independence, and he later attained the rank of major general in the Zimbabwean army. After his military retirement, he served for twenty-two years as the Prisons and Corrections Services Commissioner-General for Zimbabwe.