The Commander in Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, His Excellency President Emmerson Mnangagwa has arrived at the Zimbabwe Staff College in Harare where he is expected to presided over the Joint Command and Staff Course Number 37 Graduation Ceremony at the Zimbabwe Staff College.
A total of 71 officers are graduating under the Joint Command and Staff Course Number 37, 14% being female. The graduation saw 57 officers drawn from the Zimbabwe National Army, Air Force of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Republic Police, Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services and the President’s Department being awarded their certificates.
Of the total graduands 14 are drawn from Southern African Development Community SADC and Regional Allied Defence Forces including Zambia, South Africa, Botswana, Malawi and Nigeria.
The Zimbabwe Staff College was established in April, 1980 as the successor to the Rhodesian Directorate of Military Studies and has to date produced thousands of graduates in the peace, defence and security sectors.
The Command and Staff Course (CSC) started enrolling officers from the Air Force leading to the establishment of an Air Faculty at the ZSC in 1995. The CSC was further transformed to become the Joint Command and Staff Course (JCSC) in January 1996. It has been run as such since then.
The composition of graduands reflects the inclusive nature of the Course which facilitates the cross pollination of ideas, skills & sharing of experiences to enhance our national security, that of the region & the continent as a whole.
