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Zimbabweans rush to beat January passport fee hike
LONG winding queues have resurfaced at the Civil Registry offices in Bulawayo as scores of people including Diasporans on holiday continue to flood the facility to apply for passports and other nation...Published: 20 Dec 2023 at 06:11hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
567 arrested in Beitbridge Border post immigration crackdown
Over the past week, the Department of Immigration's regional compliance and enforcement unit has apprehended 567 suspected criminals at Beitbridge Border Post as part of an intensified effort to comba...Published: 17 Sep 2023 at 22:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Drivers to collect discs from Zimpost
The Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) is in the final stages of decentralizing its services to all post offices across the country, where prospective drivers can now collect their license discs up...Published: 17 Sep 2023 at 07:53hrs | 53 | by Staff reporter
Regulations for new driver's licence gazetted
Government has gazetted new regulations over the recently launched new standard plastic driver's licence linked to a database that will replace the metal licences and has reset the classes of licence,...Published: 25 Jun 2023 at 20:11hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe driver's licence backlog set to be cleared
THE new standard plastic driver's licence launched in Harare yesterday to replace the metal licences will clear a backlog of approximately 600 000 applicants who were waiting for their driving licence...Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 06:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe launches expiring driver's licence disc
Government has finally launched the new standard plastic driver's licence linked to a database that will replace the metal licences.The new Zimbabwean licence will be scannable and meet the in...Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 12:36hrs | 54 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe driver's licences to expire after 5 years
THE Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development (MoTiD) has said metal licences will be phased out in due course as part of the measures of introducing the new SADC complainant licence....Published: 15 Jun 2023 at 20:59hrs | 791 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's class 2 driving licence holders to undergo further testing to drive haulage trucks
IN a bid to tame Zimbabwe's traffic jungle that has witnessed massive road carnages in recent years, government has moved to stop holders of newly-acquired Class Two (2) driver's licences from steerin...Published: 08 Jun 2023 at 09:44hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter
Horror experience at Zimbabwe passport office
REPORTS of poor service delivery continue to haunt the Bulawayo registry offices with passport applicants expressing disappointment at the alleged arrogance of some officials, claiming corruption has ...Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 07:47hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter
VID depots offer electronic learners' tests
The Electronic Learners' Licence Testing System (ELLTS) has so far been introduced at 23 Vehicle Inspectorate Department depots countrywide, as part of new measures to reduce what was alleged to be ra...Published: 20 Apr 2023 at 07:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
United Kingdom (UK) visa payment changes for Algeria applications
UKVI is moving all visa fee payments for visa applications to online platforms as the capability to pay for a visa in the visa application centre discontinues...Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 10:02hrs | 16 | by APO
Zimbabwean tech start-up wins US$250,000 Kofi Annan Award for Innovation in Africa
ZIMBABWEAN tech start-up Vaxiglobal was recently named among the first winners of the Kofi Annan Award for Innovation in Africa which attracted 330 applicants from 38 countries across the continent....Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:13hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says economy will get worse
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday warned that the economic situation will get worse because of the failure by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration to manage ...Published: 14 Mar 2022 at 05:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Internal polls expose Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF faithful have unwittingly disclosed that they were given fake national identity (ID) cards to cheat in the party's internal elections, a revelation that renders credence to opposition claims o...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:19hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Murky passport deal raises eyebrows
IN April 2016, the late former president Robert Mugabe commissioned an electronic passport centre at the then King George VI now Josiah Magama Tongogara Barracks. Five years later, his successor Emmer...Published: 18 Dec 2021 at 11:16hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
Govt moves to strike off ghost pensioners
GOVERNMENT yesterday said it was embarking on a biometric life certificate verification exercise of its pensioners to strengthen the pension management system and avoid payment of "ghost pensioners"....Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 09:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Identity theft a reality, be on high alert
IN the past few days, a crime alert message went viral on social media platforms warning of identity theft.The truth of the matter is, your identity can be stolen in so many different ways. To...Published: 27 May 2021 at 07:19hrs | 17 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Mnangagwa's govt to decentralise issuance of passports
Government is finalising modalities to decentralise issuance of passports and civil registration documents to districts in order to decongest provincial offices, it has been learnt.Policymaker...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 08:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Decentralisation of passport offices gathers pace
Government is finalising modalities to de-centralise issuance of passports and civil registration documents to decongest provincial offices, our Harare Bureau has learnt.This comes amid concer...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 09:54hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Efficient border management system pays dividends
Cross border travellers using the Beitbridge Border Post have commended authorities on the Zimbabwean side for embracing the border efficiency management system that has seen a marked improvement in t...Published: 21 Dec 2018 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa storms ZEC offices
MDC Alliance presidential candidate on Wednesday stormed the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) offices demanding to meet chairperson Justice Priscilla Chigumba after it emerged she was not available...Published: 14 Jul 2018 at 11:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA immigration BVR system under attack for business slump
BUSINESSMEN in Musina, South Africa, have vowed to take on their government over the Immigration Department's poor and slow service at Beitbridge Border Post, which they say is ruining their businesse...Published: 14 Apr 2018 at 12:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
South Africa bans mobile phones at border
South Africa has with effect from Wednesday last week, banned the use of cellphones by travellers within the immigration halls. Sources at the border said the ban was a reaction to the leaking...Published: 02 Apr 2018 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans in SA welcome permits deadline extension
ZIMBABWEANS in South Africa have welcomed the further extension of the deadline for submissions of the new Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP), saying many people had failed to apply due to various chal...Published: 02 Feb 2018 at 05:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans get South Africa permits reprieve
South Africa's Department of Home Affairs has extended the closing date for payments and submission of supporting documents and biometrics for the new Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) to February 15,...Published: 01 Feb 2018 at 05:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe permit deadline extended to January 31
Of the estimated 197 941 Zimbabwean nationals eligible for ZEP, 172 585 applicants have completed their online forms and 143 154 applicants have secured their appointments.The department of ho...Published: 05 Dec 2017 at 14:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
5 million youth targeted by mass BVR exercise - to game-change Zimbabwe politics
CHITUNGWIZA - The MDC-T-led National Mass Biometric Voter Registration campaign orchestrated by the Deputy Secretary in the MDC-T National Youth Assembly, Chamu Madya and his team comprising Jabulani ...Published: 07 Nov 2017 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwean Exemption Permit Update: 62000 applicants complete permit renewal process so far
As of 4 November 2017, close to 62000 Zimbabweans have successfully completed the full permit renewal process for the ZEP programme, i.e. submission of application and required documents, and enrolmen...Published: 06 Nov 2017 at 11:32hrs | | by Agencies
400 voter registration kits arrive
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has taken delivery of 400 Biometric Voter Registration kits, kick starting the first major phase of the 2018 harmonised elections.The equipment arrived ...Published: 03 Sep 2017 at 10:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Outlawing metal IDs for BVR registration is electoral fraud
Tobaiwa Mudede's decree that metallic National Identity Cards are not permissible for Biometric Voter Registration because they are not machine readable is not just illegal, but a sheer desperate atte...Published: 31 Aug 2017 at 07:08hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Olinda, Ruvheneko at loggerheads over UK trip
Radio and TV personality, Ruvheneko Parirenyatwa's demands were apparently too much that Stunner's ex-wife, Olinda Chapel who had invited her to the UK, ended up abruptly aborting the plans.Th...Published: 03 Jul 2017 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
BVR tests complete
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) is set to present to the State Procurement Board the evaluation report on the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) kits from the two firms, that were being tested...Published: 28 Apr 2017 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
BVR testing ends
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) brought to a close the site validation tests for biometric voter registration (BVR) kits yesterday after taking the equipment through water and shock re...Published: 27 Apr 2017 at 08:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Opposition parties probe BVR suppliers
OPPOSITION parties under the National Elections Reform Agenda (Nera) banner have launched their own checks on two international companies shortlisted to supply biometric voter registration (BV...Published: 24 Apr 2017 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biometric voter registration system: A technical synopsis
A LOT has been said by experts about the pros and cons of biometric voter registration (BVR).I do not intend here to offer a brief lecture about the BVR system that will be used to register el...Published: 14 Apr 2017 at 22:00hrs | 1 | by Robert Ndlovu
Bogus article on 'New Permits For ZSP Holders'
There is a report titled New Permits For ZSP Holders from a website called Newsfromafrica.net, alleging that South ...Published: 25 Mar 2017 at 19:38hrs | 1 | by Bulawayo24
'Biometric voting no silver bullet'
The Biometric Voter Registration system was used in the 2013 Kenyan elections where Uhuru Kenyatta became president. Ambassador Simbi Mubako headed a joint election observer mission of Comesa, EAC and...Published: 19 Mar 2017 at 07:24hrs | | by Christopher Farai Charamba
Biometric voting ruled out for 2018
There will be no biometric or any electronic voting in next year's harmonised elections as the new technology that the Zimbabwe Electrical Commission is set to acquire will only be confined to vot...Published: 25 Jan 2017 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
100% cashless economy for Zimbabwe?
There is too much speculation going on right now in Zimbabwe around the uncertainty concerning the introduction of bond notes and what that will mean for the future of Zimbabwe's economy.While...Published: 11 Nov 2016 at 11:38hrs | | by Donald Mudenge
'Zimbabwe elections to be rigged by chemically designed ballot papers'
State controlled media claims that electoral law reform demands being made by MDC-T are a clear sign that the Western-sponsored party is scared of the 2018 harmonised elections. The MDC-T ...Published: 17 Oct 2016 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
1,500 voters per polling station in 2018
ONLY 1 500 voters will be allowed per polling station during the 2018 harmonised elections, while a new voters' roll will have photographs of registered electorate members, it has been established...Published: 16 Oct 2016 at 08:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe plans to register 'one voter per second' for new roll
Does Zimbabwe's electoral commission really intend to register one voter per second?Critics of President Robert Mugabe are crying foul over revelations contained in the state Herald newspa...Published: 13 Oct 2016 at 10:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Overhauling of the voters roll by ZEC commendable
The move taken by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) on Monday 10 October 2016 of informing some representatives of political parties falling under the National Electoral Reform Agenda (NERA) tha...Published: 13 Oct 2016 at 09:22hrs | | by Kazamula Matilaya
Overhauling of the voters roll by ZEC commendable
The move taken by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) on Monday 10 October 2016 of informing some representatives of political parties falling under the National Electoral Reform Agenda (NERA) tha...Published: 12 Oct 2016 at 12:04hrs | 1 | by Kazamula Matilaya
Biometric payroll suggested as solution to ghost workers
The government should introduce a biometric payroll system to rid itself of ghost workers, a senior economist with the Labour and Economic Development Research Institute of Zimbabwe has said.A...Published: 11 Apr 2016 at 10:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt urged to undertake biometric payroll
Stakeholders in the labour industry have implored Government to undertake a biometric payroll registration of the civil service to weed out alleged ghost workers. Government has been making efforts si...Published: 08 Apr 2016 at 06:43hrs | | by Tinashe Makichi
South Africa introduces stiffer penalties for human trafficking
CROSS-BORDER transport operators commonly known as omalayitsha caught smuggling undocumented travellers or those with expired passports or no valid visas, into South Africa, will now fork out a fine o...Published: 21 Dec 2015 at 03:52hrs | 2 | by Mashudu Netsianda
SA launches a crackdown on fake SA IDs at Beitbridge border post
SOUTH Africa has introduced a new biometrics system that uses human characteristics for identification of travellers as part of measures to address the problem of people using fraudulently acquired tr...Published: 18 Dec 2015 at 06:02hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
SA approves 197,790 permits for Zimbabweans
SOUTH Africa has so far approved 197,790 permits out of a total of 208,967 applications made under the Zimbabwe Special Permits (ZSP) programme. ZSP, which was introduced in August last year, allows Z...Published: 26 Nov 2015 at 05:20hrs | 1 | by Mashudu Netsianda
South Africa Visa rules to be revised
South African children under the age of 18 will still be required to travel with an unabridged birth certificate, but the Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) task team - established to investigate the e...Published: 24 Oct 2015 at 20:54hrs | | by Traveller24
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