Peter Chingoka

Peter Chingoka is a business executive and former cricket player and administrator. He is the current chairman of the NetOne board.

Chingoka was the first African in Rhodesian cricketer to play at a high level, appearing in List A games for the "South Africa African XI". He was the captain in two matches in the Gillette Cup in 1975-76 and 1976-77.

In 1990 became Vice-President of the Zimbabwe Cricket Union. In 1993, he became president. As such he became a full voting member of the executive board of the International Cricket Council (ICC).

Corruption & EU Travel Ban

In October 2007, Chingoka, who was due to give evidence in Darrell Hair employment tribunal/racism controversy, was refused entry to Britain. In February 2008 Britain refused to guarantee that Chingoka would be allowed entry to attend a London meeting of the ICC until a publication of a report by accountants KPMG on alleged corruption in Zimbabwean cricket.^[1][2]

He was added to the European Union's list of Zimbabweans subject to personal sanctions— a ban on travel to the EU and the freezing of any assets there—in July 2008, following the controversial 2008 presidential election, in which President Robert Mugabe was re-elected amidst serious political violence.^[3] Later, in December 2008, he was banned from travelling to Australia.^[4]

He resigned as Zimbabwe cricket chairman on 23 July 2014.

Chairman of NetOne

In December 2016, he was appointed chairman of the NetOne board, replacing Alex Marufu.

References

1. ↑ The Guardian Digger: Speed silent as ICC sits on Zimbabwe report 20 Mar 2008
2. ↑ The Daily Telegraph New Chingoka dispute 13 March 2008
3. ↑ "EU targets in Zimbabwe sanctions: central bank governor, head of cricket, 2 reporters", Associated Press (International Herald Tribune), July 23, 2008.
4. ↑ Mark Davis, "Zimbabwean cricket chiefs on sanctions list", smh.com.au, December 27, 2008.