News Release
Financial Sanctions: Zimbabwe
7 March 2007
With the publication of Commission Regulation (EC) No 236/2007 in the Official Journal of the European Union, (O.J. L66, p.14) on 6 March 2007, the Commission of the European Communities has, amongst other things, amended the list of those subject to the financial sanctions applicable to various individual members of the Government of Zimbabwe and various persons associated with them. The list of targeted persons set out in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 236/2007 amends the list of targeted persons in Annex III to Council Regulation (EC) No 314/2004, as amended by the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1272/2005, by adding one individual, removing two individuals and amending the identifiers of seven existing entries as set out below:
ADDITION
Individual
1. MAVHAIRE, Dzikamai
Position: ZANU (PF) Politburo Committee Member
DELETIONS
Individuals
1. JOKONYA, Tichaona
DOB: 27 December 1938
Position: Minister of Information and Publicity
2. TUNGAMIRAI, Josiah, T
Title: Retired Air Marshal
DOB: 8 October 1948
Position: Minister of State for Indigenisation and Empowerment
Other Information: Former ZANU (PF) Politburo Secretary for Empowerment and Indigenisation
AMENDMENTS
(Additional information shown in italics. Deleted information shown in strikethrough).
Individuals
1. CHOMBO, Ignatius, Morgan, Chininya
DOB: 1 August 1952
Position: Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Urban Development
2. LESABE, Thenjiwe, V
DOB: 1933
Position: ZANU (PF) Politburo Secretary for Women's Affairs Committee Member
3. MADZONGWE, Edna
DOB: 11 July 1943
a.k.a: MADZONGWE, Edina
Position: ZANU (PF) Politburo Deputy Secretary for Production and Labour President of Senate
4. MUTASA, Didymus, Noel, Edwin
DOB: 27 July 1935
Position: Minister of State for National Security, Land Reform and Resettlement in the Office of the President ZANU (PF) Secretary for Administration
Other Information: Former Minister of Special Affairs in the President's Office in charge of the Anti-Corruption and Anti-Monopolies Programme and former ZANU (PF) Politburo Secretary for External Relations
5. MUTIWEKUZIVA, Kenneth, Kaparadza
DOB: 27 May 1948
Position: Deputy Minister of Small and Medium Enterprises Development and Employment Creation
Other Information: Former Deputy Minister of Small and Medium Enterprises Development
6. NYONI, Sithembiso, Gile, Glad
DOB: 20 September 1949
Position: Minister of Small and Medium Enterprises Development and Employment Creation
Other Information: Former Minister of Small and Medium Enterprises Development
7. ZVINAVASHE, Vitalis
Title: Retired General
DOB: 27 September 1943
Position: Politburo, Indigenisation and Empowerment Committee in the party
Other Information: Former Chief of Defence Staff
The Bank of England, on behalf of Her Majesty’s Treasury, therefore announces that with effect from 6 March 2007 all funds or economic resources belonging to the persons listed in Annex III to Council Regulation (EC) No 314/2004, as amended by the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 236/2007, must be frozen. No funds or economic resources are to be made available, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of the listed persons. Financial institutions and other bodies and persons in the UK must check whether they maintain any accounts or otherwise hold any funds for the individuals named and, if so, they should freeze the accounts or other funds and report the accounts or other funds and amounts frozen to the Bank of England.
Copies of this Commission Regulation, previous Regulations, previous related Notices and news releases regarding Zimbabwe and a consolidated list of individuals and entities subject to these and other UK financial sanctions regimes are available from the Financial Sanctions pages.
Key Resources
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Bank of England Notice |
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Commission Regulation (EC) No 236/2007 Download PDF (38k) 2 March 2007 |
