{"id":102679,"date":"2025-01-04T12:20:56","date_gmt":"2025-01-04T10:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/matanga-expresses-confidence-in-new-police-boss"},"modified":"2025-01-04T14:22:20","modified_gmt":"2025-01-04T12:22:20","slug":"matanga-expresses-confidence-in-new-police-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/matanga-expresses-confidence-in-new-police-boss","title":{"rendered":"Matanga expresses confidence in new police boss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>FORMER Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has expressed confidence in the incoming leadership of the force.<\/p>\n<p>Matanga was recently retired, with former Deputy Police Commissioner-General Steven Mutamba taking over the reins from January 1 this year.<\/p>\n<p>After assuming power on the back of a military coup, President Emmerson Mnangagwa appointed Matanga the Police Commissioner-General in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>This was after Augustine Chihuri, the then police boss, had skipped the borders and settled in Malawi following the coup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am, however, confident that a new broom sweeps clean and my successor will be able to ride on the achievements that we have made and tackle existing challenges head-on,\u201d Matanga said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am comforted to pass the baton to Comrade Steven Mutamba, whom I have been with in the trenches for many years and have no doubt in his capacity to steer the ship going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Matanga said he would venture into farming as he is a beneficiary of the land reform programme.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I leave the Zimbabwe Republic Police, let me take this opportunity to inform everyone that I will be going into farming, which I benefited through the government\u2019s land reform programme as well as pursue other business ventures,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mutamba, the incoming police boss, said he was ready to take up his assigned role.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI look forward to the support and co-operation from the people of Zimbabwe in our endeavour to guarantee continued public confidence in the police service,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrowing up in the Zimbabwe Republic Police, I have learnt a lot from my colleagues and peers, including those from sister security institutions, which has helped me develop as a policeman and nurtured my capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGoing forward, I hope to build on the already reinforced pillars to ensure that the Zimbabwe Republic Police, indeed, becomes a modern police service that leverages technology towards fulfilling its constitutional mandate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mutamba becomes the fifth Police Commissioner-General in independent Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n<p>The first black commissioner of the newly-created Zimbabwe Republic Police was Wiridzayi Nguruve in 1982.<\/p>\n<p>He led the police up to year 1985 and passed on the baton to Henry Mukurazhizha, who was subsequently succeeded by Augustine Chihuri in 1993.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Zimbabwe<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. FORMER Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has expressed confidence in the incoming leadership of the force. Matanga was recently retired, with former Deputy Police Commissioner-General Steven Mutamba taking over the reins from January 1 this year. After assuming power on the back of a military coup, President Emmerson Mnangagwa appointed Matanga the Police [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":102678,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[19],"class_list":["post-102679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-zimbabwe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Matanga expresses confidence in new police boss - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"FORMER Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has expressed confidence in the incoming leadership of the force. 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