US embassy cable - 05HARARE995

C O N F I D E N T I A L  HARARE 000995 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
AF/S FOR B. NEULING 
NSC FOR SENIOR AFRICA DIRECTOR C. COURVILLE 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/31/2010 
TAGS: PREL, EFIN, PINR, PHUM, PGOV, ZI, Sanctions 
SUBJECT: ZIMBABWE FINANCIAL SANCTIONS - SUGGESTED ADDITIONS 
AND DELETIONS 
 
REF: HARARE 951 
 
Classified By: Charge d'Affaires, a.i., Eric T. Schultz under Section 1 
.4 b/d 
 
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Summary 
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1. (SBU) In response to the flawed March parliamentary 
elections, the EU,s new sanctions list, and the GOZ,s 
brutal Operation Restore Order, Post suggests the additions 
and deletions to the financial sanctions list detailed below. 
 Post relayed suggested additions and deletions to the visa 
sanctions list via reftel. 
 
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Names To Be Added 
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2. (SBU) As the ruling party for the past 25 years, ZANU-PF 
has placed its firm imprint onto the decision-making 
processes of the GOZ.  For example, any policy decisions are 
first discussed by the party Politburo and then passed on to 
the Cabinet (consisting of Ministers, Deputy Ministers, and 
Provincial Governors) for comment and approval.  In this 
process, any member of the Politburo and/or Cabinet has an 
opportunity to suggest, support, and/or oppose particular 
policies brought before each body.  As such, each Politburo 
member, Minister, and Deputy Minister has a direct impact and 
say in ZANU-PF and GOZ official policies.  This includes the 
passage of significant pieces of legislation, such as the 
Public Order and Security Act (POSA) and Access to 
Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) which have 
been central to the decline of democracy and rule of law in 
Zimbabwe.  It also includes the conception and implementation 
of policies that have undermined public welfare and rule of 
law, such as Operation Restore Order.  Therefore, we propose 
that Politburo and Cabinet members not already sanctioned be 
added to the financial sanctions list. 
 
3.  (SBU) In addition, we propose inclusion of the most 
senior officials of the Zimbabwe Election Commission, the 
Electoral Supervisory Commission, and the Zimbabwean police 
to the financial sanctions list.  They played key roles in 
suborning the integrity of Zimbabwean elections conducted 
during the past five years, including most recently the March 
2005 parliamentary elections.  The police leadership has also 
been instrumental in the application of Zimbabwean law in a 
manner that undermines human rights, democracy, and rule of 
law. 
 
4.  (SBU) To the extent possible, we also favor the inclusion 
of the spouses and the children of sanctioned individuals on 
the financial sanctions list. 
 
5. (SBU) Cabinet officials: 
 
-David Chapfika, Deputy Minister of Finance (04/01/1957); 
-Phineas Chihota, Deputy Minister of Industry and 
International Trade; 
-Chen Chimutengwende, Minister of State for Public and 
Interactive Affairs (DOB 8/28/1943); 
-Abigail Damasane, Deputy Minister of Women,s Affairs, 
Gender, and Community Development; 
-Tichoana Jokonya, Minister of Information and Publicity 
(DOB: 12/27/1938); 
-Andrew Langa, Deputy Minister of Environment and Tourism 
(DOB: 01/13/1965); 
-Joel Biggie Matiza, Deputy Minister of Rural Housing and 
Social Amenities (DOB 8/17/1960); 
-Obert Matchalaga, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs; 
-Bright Matonga, Deputy Minister of Information and Publicity 
(DOB 1969); 
-Edwin Muguti, Deputy Minister of Health and Child Welfare 
(DOB: 1965); 
-Munacho Mutezo, Minister of Water Resources and 
Infrastructural Development; 
-Ambrose Mutinhiri, Minister for Youth Development and 
 
 
Employment Creation (DOB: 03/03/1944); 
-Sylvester Nguni, Deputy Minister of Agriculture (DOB 
8/4/1955); 
-Michael Nyambuya, Minister of Energy and Power Development; 
-Magadzire Hubert Nyanhongo, Deputy Minister of Transport and 
Communications; 
-Morris Sakabuya, Deputy Minister of Local Government, Public 
Works, and Urban Development; 
-Webster Shamu, Minister of Policy Implementation (DOB: 
06/06/1945); 
-Samuel Undenge, Deputy Minister of Economic Development; 
-Patrick Zhuwao, Deputy Minister for Science and Technology. 
-Tinaye Chigudu, Provincial Governor of Manicaland; 
-Ray Kaukonde, Provincial Governor for Mashonaland East (DOB: 
03/04/1963); 
-Cain Mathema, Provincial Governor of Bulawayo (DOB: 
01/28/1948); 
-Cephas Msipa, Provincial Governor for Midlands (DOB: 
07/07/1931); 
-Nelson Tapera Crispen Samkange, Provincial Governor of 
Mashonaland West; 
 
6. (SBU) ZANU-PF Politburo Members: 
 
-Alice Chimbudzi, Politburo Committee Member; 
-Victoria Chitepo, Politburo Committee Member (DOB: 
03/27/1928); 
-Kumbirai Kangai, Politburo Secretary for External Relations 
(DOB: 02/17/1938); 
-Ephraim Sango Masawi, Politburo Deputy Secretary for 
Information and Publicity and Mashonaland Central Provincial 
Governor; 
-Richard Ndlovu, ZANU-PF Deputy Commissariat (DOB: 6/26/1942); 
-George Nyathi, Politburo Deputy Secretary of Science and 
Technology; 
-Khantibhai Patel, Politburo Deputy Secretary of Finance 
(DOB: 10/28/1928); 
- E. Sandi (or E. Sanchi), Politburo Deputy Secretary of 
Women,s Affairs; 
- Tendai Savanhu, Politburo Deputy Secretary of Transport and 
Social Welfare (DOB: 3/21/1968). 
 
7. (SBU) Senior officials of the police and election-related 
institutions: 
 
-George Chiweshe, Chairman of the Zimbabwe Electoral 
Commission (DOB: 6/4/1953); 
- Theophilus Pharaoh Gambe, Chairman of Electoral Supervisory 
Commission; 
-Barbara Mandizha, Deputy Police Commissioner, ZRP; 
-Godwin Matanga, Deputy Police Commissioner, ZRP; 
-Innocent Matibiri; Deputy Police Commissioner, ZRP; 
-Lovemore Sekeramayi, Zimbabwe Chief Elections Officer; 
-Levy Sibanda, Deputy Police Commissioner, ZRP. 
 
8. (SBU) Spouses and children of currently listed individuals 
and those suggested for addition, including but not limited 
to: 
 
-Emilia Chigwedere, wife of Aeneas Chigwedere; 
-Pride Chigwedere, DOB 8/1/74, son of Aeneas Chigwedere; 
-Emilia Chigwedere, DOB 5/7/79, daughter of Aeneas Chigwedere; 
-Isabel Chihuri, wife of Augustine Chihuri; 
-Ocius Chihuri, DOB 12/14/83, daughter of Augustine Chihuri; 
-Monica Chinamasa; wife of Patrick Chinamasa; 
-Rebecca Chinamasa, DOB 11/16/79, daughter of Patrick 
Chinamasa; 
-Kangai Chinamasa, DOB 6/30/80, son of Patrick Chinamasa; 
-Tinotenda Chinamasa, DOB 8/29/82, son of Patrick Chinamasa; 
-Gamuchirai Chinamasa, DOB: 11/11/1991, daughter of Patrick 
Chinamasa; 
-Jocelyn Chiwenga (DOB: 03/19/1955), wife of Constantine 
Chiwenga; 
-Marian Chombo, wife of Ignatius Chombo; 
-Naneti Silukhumi, second wife of Ignatius Chombo; 
-Ljeoma Dabengwa, daughter of Dumiso Dabengwa; 
-Barbara Kasukuwere, wife of Savior Kasukuwere; 
-Chido Emmah Mnangagwa, DOB 10/21/81, daughter of Emmerson 
Mnangagwa; 
 
 
-Justina Mhurai Mnangagwa, DOB 11/28/78, daughter of Emmerson 
Mnangagwa; 
-Farai Seline Mnangagwa, DOB 6/8/76, daughter of Emmerson 
Mnangagwa; 
-Tawanda Moyo, DOB 1986, daughter of Jonathan Moyo; 
-Lungile Moyo, DOB 1988, daughter of Jonathan Moyo; 
-Nokuthula Moyo, DOB 1990, daughter of Jonathan Moyo; 
-Maria Msika; wife of Joseph Msika; 
-Sharlotte Msipa, wife of Cephas Msipa; 
-Tapiwa Rushesha Muchinguri, ex-husband of Oppah Muchinguri; 
-Tanya Muchinguri, daughter of Oppah Muchinguri; 
-Natasha Muchinguri, daughter of Oppah Muchinguri; 
-Emily Mumbengegwi, wife of Samuel Mumbengegwi; 
-Ruth Atipo Murerwa, wife of Herbert Murerwa; 
-Gertrude Mutasa, wife of Didymus Mutasa; 
-Rose Jaele, wife of Sikhanyiso Ndlovu; 
-Louise Nkomo, wife of Frances Nhema; 
-Georgina Nkomo, wife of John Nkomo; 
-Peter Baka Nyoni, husband of Sithembiso Gladys Nyoni; 
-Tsitsi Chihuri Sekeramayi, wife of Sydney Sekeramayi; 
-Dorothy Shamuyarira, wife of Nathan Shamuyarira; 
-Verna Lucy Utete, wife of Charles Utete 
 
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Names To Be Deleted 
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9.  (SBU) Embassy suggests the removal from the financial 
sanctions list of individuals now deceased as well as those 
who no longer appear to meet the criteria laid out in the 
Presidential Proclamation of February 22, 2002. 
 
10. (SBU) Individuals now deceased: 
 
-Enos Chikowore; 
-Witness Mangwende; 
-Vengezai Simon Muzenda. 
 
11. (SBU) Selected relative moderates who lack authority in 
either the ruling party or the GOZ: 
 
-Christopher Kuruneri, ex-Finance Minister, currently 
incarcerated and being prosecuted for dual citizenship and 
externalization of foreign currency; 
-July Moyo, ex-Minister of Social Welfare, Labor, and Public 
Works who worked constructively with the Embassy and NGOs 
while Minister and is currently suspended from the party. 
SCHULTZ 
 
 
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