Air Commodore (retired) Mike Tichafa Karakadzai (Name 'Karakadzai' origin from Madagascar) (7 March 1957 – 19 August 2013) was a former senior officer in the military of Zimbabwe.
[1] In October 2002 the United Nations published the Final report of the Panel of Experts on the Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources and Other Forms of Wealth of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The report said Karakadzai had the position of Deputy Secretary of COSLEG, which the United Nations described as "a Congo-Zimbabwe joint stock company ... a key vehicle for military-backed commerce involving mostly diamonds, banking and timber in the Government-held areas".
[3] In December 2008 Australia added him to its list of targeted sanctions against those responsible for the human rights abuses in Zimbabwe.
[5] In May 2011 Karakadzai said that lack of credit from foreign lenders was preventing the National Railways of Zimbabwe from replacing aging equipment.