The JOC was headed in 2008 by Minister of State Security
Didymus Mutasa, but he was replaced soon after the
Zimbabwean presidential election held on 29 March 2008, by the Minister of Rural Housing and Social Amenities
Emmerson Mnangagwa. The JOC has been accused of organising repression campaigns against both opposition partisans, civil society and the U.S. ambassador. It has been claimed that in the wake of the Zimbabwean presidential election, the JOC de facto took over control of the day-to-day decision-making of government, effectively operating as a military junta. The JOC has also been implicated in the violent suppression of opposition supporters between the 29 March election and the runoff election in July 2008. It has come under scrutiny from members of the
Politburo of the
ZANU-PF.
Membership Members and former members included: •
Oppah Muchinguri – Minister of Defence • General
Philip Valerio Sibanda – Commander of the
Zimbabwe Defence Forces • Lieutenant General
Edzai Chimonyo – Commander of the
Zimbabwe National Army • Air Marshal (Elsen Moyo) – Commander of the
Air Force of Zimbabwe • Commissioner
Godwin Matanga – Commissioner of the
Zimbabwe Republic Police • Major General (Ret.)
Paradzayi Zimondi – Head of the Zimbabwe prison service •
Isaac Moyo – Director-General of the
Central Intelligence Organisation •
John Mangudya – Governor of the
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe • Brigadier-General
Douglas Nyikayaramba ==Proposed restructuring==