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Trump's Afrikaners refugees will not lose South African citizenship
Trump signed an Executive Order on February 7, 2025, titled "Addressing Egregious Actions of the Republic of South Africa", granting Afrikaners refugee status and facilitating their resettlement in th...Published: 13 Feb 2025 at 10:56hrs | 509 | by Staff reporter
Harnessing the Zimbabwe diaspora for economic, social development
ZIMBABWE'S diaspora, estimated to exceed five million people, constitutes about 30% of the country's population.This global community represents a powerful resource with the potential to trans...Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 21:08hrs | 374 | by Constantine Chikosi
Malawi rolls out dual citizenship to Malawians living in Zimbabwe
For 59-year-old Ms. Rita Kasichi, a Zimbabwean of Malawian descent, the dream of visiting her extended family in Malawi is finally within reach after being unable to acquire a passport for decades. Bo...Published: 25 Oct 2024 at 08:46hrs | 18129 | by Staff reporter
Telegram app founder arrested at French airport
PAVEL Durov, billionaire co-founder and chief executive of the Telegram messaging app, was arrested at the Bourget airport outside Paris on Saturday evening, TF1 TV said, citing an unnamed source....Published: 26 Aug 2024 at 08:09hrs | 537 | by Staff reporter
Benefits of Having the Maltese Passport for Retired Footballers
For retired footballers looking to enjoy their golden years, obtaining a Maltese passport can open up a world of opportunities. One of the key benefits of having a Maltese passport is the ability to t...Published: 29 Jul 2024 at 12:16hrs | 549 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe naturalise Malawian descendants
THE Ambassador of Malawi to Zimbabwe, Mr Mayiwayo Polepole, yesterday hailed the Second Republic led by President Mnangagwa for agreeing to naturalise people of Malawian origin whose citizenship had o...Published: 04 Apr 2024 at 06:01hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Children born in South Africa to foreign parents not automatically entitled to SA citizenship
A court has found that children born in South Africa to foreign national parents do not automatically entitle them to South African citizenship.The court then turned down an application by Zim...Published: 05 Sep 2023 at 22:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo says Electoral Act has to be reviewed
Professor Jonathan Moyo says the Electoral Act needs to be reviewed and brought in line with the current constitution of Zimbabwe.The Electoral Amendment Bill, which was gazetted on November 1...Published: 17 Aug 2023 at 22:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa dangles citizenship to Mzilikazi royal family
The Mthwakazi kaMzilikazi Royal Crown Family, which includes the Mzilikazi Royal House and the Khumalo Clan, claims the Emmerson Mnangagwa-led government has shown them generosity by promising to rest...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 20:55hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Law barring Zimbabweans from voting over lengthy absence challenged
A law under which Zimbabweans who are absent from the country for a continuous 12 months can be stripped of their voting rights and prevented from running for political office has been challenged as u...Published: 18 Jul 2023 at 17:39hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean glitterati and Nigerian husband wanted for drug trafficking
THEIR marriage ceremony at The Nest, an upmarket and exclusive venue in Harare, was dubbed wedding-of-the-year in Zimbabwe last year.It was attended by the who-is-who in the local social scene...Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 15:25hrs | 202 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans to benefit from Malawi dual citizenship
MALAWI has introduced dual citizenship and this means that those who are born outside its borders to Malawian parents can now be granted citizenship.A number of Malawians moved to Zimbabwe esp...Published: 30 May 2022 at 06:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mabaya, Nydam Warriors we could lose due to Mnangagwa's son in-law and....
ZIMBABWE'S hopes of landing Liverpool teenage star Isaac Mabaya continued to diminish as the 17-year-old is getting closer to his dream of playing for the England senior football team. The pur...Published: 22 Mar 2022 at 05:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fugitive R10m fraudster nabbed, faces extradition
CORDIAL relations between Zimbabwe and South Africa have led to the arrest of a fugitive who swindled a South African company of over R10 million, jumped bail and later sneaked into Zimbabwe where he ...Published: 30 Oct 2021 at 12:51hrs | 16 | by Staff Reporter
Malawi embassy to conduct consular outreach in Bulawayo
THE Malawi embassy in Harare has announced plans to conduct a consular outreach programme in Bulawayo next week to allow citizens of that country based in the Matabeleland region to regularise their s...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 06:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
We are like 'stray animals'
According to the United nations High commissioner for refugees (UNHCR), the exact number of stateless people globally is not known.However, the Un refugee Agency estimates that there are many ...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 09:17hrs | 1 | by Amnesty International
Shock over high numbers of stateless learners in Matabeleland
AS many as 300 out of 700 learners at a primary school in Kezi, Matabeleland South province, were found to have no identity documents during a fact-finding mission by a Parliamentary committee, render...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Enter the Covid passport: A new apartheid system
I stumble off the plane. It's seven in the morning and it's freezing cold. Half an hour ago I was downing a bottle of miniature red at 20 000 feet. I live wild! What can I say? I've been up for the be...Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 06:51hrs | 2 | by Mufaro Makubika
'SADC leaders to get tough on Mnangagwa'
SADC leaders have decided to take a strong action against President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the ZANU PF government, Patriotic Front Spokesperson Jealousy Mawarire has claimed. Writing on micro-...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 08:58hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Legislative reform agenda buttresses Mnangagwa's sincerity
This is the second part of a trilogy of articles that I am writing outlining the reform agenda being pursued by President Mnangagwa in the Second Republic. In the previous article I dwelt on political...Published: 27 Jul 2019 at 16:16hrs | 3 | by Nick Mangwana
A Flood of food aid and money to Zimbabwe
The United Kingdom has provided an additional $500 000, 00 in assistance on top of $3 million it initially availed to the Zim govt. Unlike Venezuela, Zimbabwe has received its fair share of internatio...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 07:06hrs | | by Marco F Machona
Greenlight for Zimbabwe dual citizenship
Cabinet has approved principles for the amendment of the Zimbabwe Citizenship Bill as Government works on ensuring that people born in the country are granted dual citizenship. This is in line...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe diasporas to get dual citizenship
Cabinet has approved the amendments to the Zimbabwe Citizenship Bill which will pave way for dual citizenship for citizens by birth especially those in the Diaspora.Addressing a post-Cabinet p...Published: 26 Feb 2019 at 20:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe running out of passport paper
REGISTRAR-General Clemence Masango yesterday told Parliament that the demand for emergency passports was now so high that his department might soon run out of passport paper.Masango made the d...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rinomhota chooses Warriors
FORMER Warriors trialist Bradley Pritchard has revealed that Reading star Andy Rinomhota is willing to pursue his international career with Zimbabwe.The 21-year-old was born in England to a Zi...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Cabinet: The skeletons are tumbling
The last time a Zimbabwean Cabinet minister publicly claimed that his hands were clean, he got rapped on the knuckles with handcuffs and thrown into the cooler for his efforts. Another minister has ju...Published: 22 Oct 2018 at 07:23hrs | | by Tawanda Majoni
How powerful is the Zimbabwe passport?
There are few things more liberating than travel -- although some passports offer more freedom than others.A new report published October 9, 2018, reveals just how many borders some travel doc...Published: 16 Oct 2018 at 19:41hrs | 6 | by CNN
Jonathan Moyo warns Minister Mthuli Ncube
Self-exiled former cabinet minister Professor Jonathan Moyo has advised new Minister of Finance, Professor Mthuli Ncube to join the ruling Zanu-PF party in order to get political clout. He also advise...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 09:28hrs | | by Sithabile Mafu
A deep dive into the world of the Constitutional Court
NO one can deny that this election season has been a rollercoaster and people are confused, anxious and hopeful as they face an unpredictable outcome from the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) in the pe...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 06:13hrs | | by Thabani Mnyama
Do political leaders influence their currency price?
New interactive guide explores forex market reaction when key world leaders are in the newsDonald Trump, Theresa May, J...Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 11:38hrs | 5 | by Agencies
Mudede challenges application by 'Zambian' woman seeking Zim citizenship
THE Registrar-General Mr Tobaiwa Mudede has filed a notice of opposition at the High Court challenging an application by a Bulawayo woman born to Zambian parents who is suing him for refusing to grant...Published: 11 May 2018 at 07:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Woman sues Tobaiwa Mudede
A BULAWAYO woman born to Zambian parents has taken the Registrar-General Mr Tobaiwa Mudede to court challenging his refusal to grant her Zimbabwean citizenship.Mrs Ketty Twasa (75), through he...Published: 03 May 2018 at 06:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nzuwa retirement good, but whats about Mudede?
THE decision by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to retire Mariyawanda Nzuwah from his chairmanship position as Civil Service Commission, Police Service Commission, Defence Forces Commission, Prisons and ...Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 06:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mudede sued over dual citizenship
Zimbabweans who have been denied dual citizenship are challenging the government to respect their constitutional rights, arguing that they risk being disenfranchised in general elections slated for Ju...Published: 16 Feb 2018 at 16:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
POSA, Police Act set for amendment
GOVERNMENT is set to amend the Public Order and Security Act (Posa), the Police Act as well as the Citizenship Act as part of an initiative to align legislation with the Constitution.Outlining...Published: 12 Jan 2018 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai, Ncube challenge Mudede
THE Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC-T and Welshmen Ncube's MDC have jointly approached the High Court, demanding that Registrar-General Tobaiwa Mudede stops forcing "alien Zimbabweans" to renounce dual citi...Published: 15 Nov 2017 at 05:22hrs | 1 | by Staff repoirter
Struggles for Diaspora kids
Children who are born from parents who are immigrants are normally called third culture generation. They live a particularly interesting life growing up abroad in a culture different to that of their ...Published: 02 Nov 2017 at 19:50hrs | 2 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mudede lobbied Zanu-PF to reject dual citizenship
HARARE West MP Jessie Majome (MDC-T) has claimed Registrar-General Tobaiwa Mudede recently addressed a Zanu-PF legislators' caucus meeting and lobbied them to amend the Constitution and do away with t...Published: 04 Aug 2017 at 09:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
I voted multiple times for people living in the diaspora at the insistence of Tobaiwa Mudede
Tobaiwa Mudede, a Mugabe's apologetic civil servant who is somehow immune to retirement is a perennial electoral impostor, manipulator of the voters roll and an agent of corrupting the democratic elec...Published: 01 Jul 2017 at 11:33hrs | | by Themba Mthethwa
Mudede sued over dual citizenship by a British passport holder
Registrar General Tobaiwa Mudede has been dragged to the High Court by a citizen who is being denied permission to renew her Zimbabwean passport because she is a holder of a British passport.T...Published: 24 Jun 2017 at 15:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to scrap $40 aliens fee
Government plans to scrap the $40 fee required by the Registrar-General's office for aliens' citizenship renunciation, Home Affairs deputy minister Obedingwa Mguni has told the National Assembly....Published: 22 Jun 2017 at 13:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai might meet his political demise
The inimitable Nathaniel Manheru opined last week in his Saturday column that Zimbabwe faced a real prospect of a national by-election next year. That's instead of a so-called eagerly-anticipated harm...Published: 09 Jun 2017 at 08:28hrs | | by Joram Nyathi
Zimbabweans in the UK petition Theresa May over Zimbabwe election
Zimbabwean diaspora in UK demanding their right to vote protested outside 10 Downing Street on Saturday, 20 May 2017 to implore the British government to intervene.Having campaigned outside th...Published: 21 May 2017 at 13:56hrs | 1 | by Kingstone Jambawo
War vets back Diaspora vote
Government is facing mounting pressure to grant millions of Zimbabweans living abroad their right to vote in the 2018 general elections, with war veterans making the latest demand.With the maj...Published: 20 May 2017 at 12:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's diaspora in the UK continue their push for a right to vote
Manchester - Zimbabwe, activists are painted as 'unruly elements' who seek to cause 'trouble' for the government. Often 'roughed-up' by state actors, the assumption is that they are not to be tolerate...Published: 17 May 2017 at 14:26hrs | 2 | by Kingstone Jambawo
Zimbabwe govt seek to exclude expats from voting
Government is moving to disenfranchise millions of Zimbabweans in the key 2018 vote by refusing to re-align the Citizenship Act with the new Constitution, opposition parties and civic groups have said...Published: 17 May 2017 at 06:52hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's calls outrageous, shocking and despicable
Opposition MDC-T deputy president, Nelson Chamisa's calls for compulsory voting for every citizen above the age of 18 and penalising those that do not exercise their right to vote is outrageous, shock...Published: 16 May 2017 at 06:56hrs | | by NewsDay Editor
Mapeza sounds out Darikwa, Galloway
WARRIORS coach Norman Mapeza is looking to assemble a team dominated by Europe-based stars amid reports he has sounded out Everton defender Brendon Galloway while talks with Burnley defender Tendai Da...Published: 16 May 2017 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mudede out of order
REGISTRAR-General Tobaiwa Mudede has been slammed for insinuating government would seek to amend the Constitution in a bid to circumvent the issue of dual citizenship as guaranteed in the country's go...Published: 15 May 2017 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T chides Mudede over dual citizenship
The MDC-T yesterday criticised Registrar-General Tobaiwa Mudede over his remarks that the government will not seek to re-align the Citizenship Act to the new Constitution regarding the issue of dual c...Published: 14 May 2017 at 15:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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