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A cable released by Wikileaks says Trevor Ncube, publisher of The Independent, was denied citizenship because his parents had been born in Mozambique.

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Strive Masiyiwa, according to Wikileaks was not just a successful businessman. He was an advisor of Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai. He funded the party and was a close United States embassy contact   for both the Pretoria and Harare embassies. But he was also acceptable to the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front because the party Vice President Joseph Msika was his uncle. Our initial search showed that there were 57 Wikileaks cables that mentioned his name. After going through all 57 we came up with 55 that actually referred to him as some had been duplicated. Here are all the 55 cables on one of Zimbabwe’s most powerful businessmen.

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Michael Mataure, the former ZANU-PF legislator for Chimanimani, was an outspoken critic of the party just before he was kicked out. There are, however, only three Wikileaks cables that mention his name but all three were highly critical of the ruling party.

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President Robert Mugabe was so out of touch with reality that when he was told that most of his ministers had multiple farms, he simply said: “We have to lead by example” but never took any action.

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There are only two cables about Charles Mutama who seems to be an intriguing character. First he was reportedly arrested, tortured and forced to lie naked in the urine of a CIO officer. Then he comes up with a grand plan to bomb police stations in five cities. But though his name is cited in only two cables, embassy officials describe him as a long-time contact.

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