Patrick Antony Chinamasa

Mliswa who remains close to the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front despite his formal status as an Independent MP refers to frustration about the government from politicians such as former Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa and former Local Government Minister Saviour Kasukuwere who is in exile in South Africa...

Before Mugabe's fall from power he had instructed then lands minister Douglas Mombeshora and Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa to secure his own properties by compensating the dispossessed white farmers and getting their title deeds...

ZANU-PF also through Sakunda imported very slightly less grand Toyota Land Cruiser VX 200 models worth $5m for former ministers who had been redeployed to the ruling party including: Patrick Chinamasa Obert Mpofu Sydney Sekeremayi David Parirenyatwa Christopher Mushowe Simon Khaya-Moyo Simbarashe Mumbengegwi and Mike Bimha...

This generated anxiety as RTGS payments should represent US dollars in citizens' bank accounts and former Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa had promised Zimbabweans that bond notes would always be exactly on a par with the US dollar in their bank accounts...

Ex-Finance Minister Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front stalwart Robert Mugabe hard-man former sanctions target and multiple farm-owner Patrick Chinamasa is not well-known for soft-sell diplomacy...

Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa contends that it is a subsidiary of Zimbabwe Aviation Leasing Company apparently founded as a front for parastatals that were hampered by international sanctions...

Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa has announced an increase in funding for Command Agriculture which brings small-scale agriculture under the control of the military (AC Vol 58 No 4 ZANU-PF digs for votes & Vol 58 No 13 Trafigura aims for gas prize)...

But ZANU-PF stalwart and re-appointed Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa insists the opposition can claim no credit for the new dispensation...

Mnangagwa's appointment of Patrick Chinamasa as interim Finance Minister to replace Ignatius Chombo now in detention on corruption charges after $10 million was found in his house points to urgent efforts to raise foreign funds...

• Tuesday 7 November: Mugabe widens the purge and sacks three ministers and Mnangagwa allies: Cyber-Security Minister Patrick Chinamasa Environment Minister Oppah Muchinguri and Minister of State in the President's Office Chris Mushohwe...