Dr Zodwa Mosoma PhD
Acting Deputy Commissioner, Department of Correctional Services, South Africa
Dr Zodwa Mosoma is the Acting Deputy Commissioner providing strategic support in the Director-General / Head of Department Office. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work (Walter Sisulu University, 1999), a Postgraduate Diploma in Monitoring and Evaluation Methods (University of Stellenbosch, 2013), Masters and PhD in Social Work (University of Pretoria, 2009 and 2015 respectively).
The work that she does involves research, policy development, implementation, programme design and development, monitoring and evaluation as well as provision of training on development related issues to various stakeholders. Thus, from such exposure; she has developed very strong policy analysis skills, research skills, monitoring and evaluation skills as well as capacity building skills. Since 2013, she has been involved in facilitating the development and implementation of rehabilitation and social re-integration programmes for offenders.
Dr Mosoma has also been serving as a member of the advisory panel to the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services which is the National Council of Correctional Services (NCCS), considering parole placement of offenders back to society, post incarceration. Her most recent trainings include Training on the United Nations Standard Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders (the Bangkok Rules) and creening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) and Alcohol, Smoking and
Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) Tools.
