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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 | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans chase elusive IDs
AN icy wind whips through the deserted streets, stinging the faces of the figures huddled together outside the Registrar-General's office.They clutch worn backpacks and thermoses, a makeshift ...Published: 19 Dec 2023 at 06:16hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Extortionate passport fees spark outrage in Zimbabwe
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has proposed a sharp hike in passport fees despite concerns over the lack of transparency on how the proceeds are spent.Critics say while access to a passport is ...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 15:06hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Ministry in storm over e-passports
THE Auditor-General (AG) has raised the red flag over failure by the Home Affairs ministry to provide information on how much was raised from the issuance electronic passports (e-passports), amid conc...Published: 31 Oct 2023 at 16:28hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Private firm takes over online border management
GOVERNMENT has contracted a private company, Garsu PasauIlis AUB to implement a national online border management system capable of producing entry visas and residence permits. This was reveal...Published: 21 Jul 2023 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe introduces online system for visas
GOVERNMENT has announced that the issuance of visitors' visas and residence permits for foreigners will now be supported by an integrated information communication technology system known as the Onlin...Published: 19 Jul 2023 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Over 600 000 e-passports issued to date
OVER 600 000 e-passports have been issued since the rollout of the programme last year as the decentralisation of issuing centres continues under the Second Republic.Gone are the days when it ...Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 14:54hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Overwhelming number of uncollected passports a concern
THE Department of Civil Registry says it is overwhelmed by the number of uncollected passports due to the efficiency of the e-passport system.The new system was officially launched by Presiden...Published: 01 May 2023 at 08:08hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
e-passport centre under construction in Gwanda
CONSTRUCTION of an E-passport centre in Gwanda, Matabeleland South is underway with the facility set to be operational mid-next month.The ultimate goal is to have an e-passport facility in eac...Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 08:11hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Passport backlog cleared
The Registrar-General's (RG) Office has issued over 350 000 e-passports to date, clearing the national backlog that stood at 200 000 in January, with plans to decentralise the service to four addition...Published: 11 Dec 2022 at 08:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Government clears 180 000 passport backlog
GOVERNMENT has cleared the passport backlog which had reached close to 180 000 following the introduction of e-passports.President Mnangagwa launched the new secure electronic passport in Hara...Published: 05 Oct 2022 at 06:33hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe suspends e-passport processing nationwide
ZIMBABWE's electronic passports processing has been put on hold indefinitely following a major machine breakdown.This comes at a time when there have been disputes between Kingdom Five Zimbabw...Published: 14 Aug 2022 at 07:23hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter
e-passport centre opens in Chitungwiza, will it come to Gwanda?
The decentralisation of the electronic passports (e-passports) continued yesterday, with a bio-enrolment centre being launched in Chitungwiza.The opening of the centre follows the launch of th...Published: 11 May 2022 at 09:09hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Govt registers over 2000 new e-passport applicants
GOVERNMENT has said over 2 000 people in Bulawayo have applied for e-passports since the facility was launched in the city a few weeks ago.Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe told Southern E...Published: 01 Apr 2022 at 09:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt opens Bulawayoyo e-passport facility
A state-of-the-art e-passport bio-enrolment centre was officially opened yesterday at the Bulawayo Provincial Civil Registry offices as Government moves to decentralise access to travel documents in l...Published: 24 Mar 2022 at 05:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
e-passports in Bulawayo at month-end
GOVERNMENT has said e-passports will be accessible from all passport offices countrywide by mid-year as it decentralises access to travel documents, with those in Bulawayo accessing it in the city sta...Published: 17 Mar 2022 at 05:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Lawyers press registrar general over failure to issue ID cards
Human rights lawyers have pressed the Registrar General for details on how many people were issued with identity documents between November 2021 and this month.The move comes as the main oppos...Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 07:54hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe decentralises e-passport application
The Government will decentralise electronic passport (e-passport) application centres to all the country's provinces by June this year.The Bulawayo Registrar-General's Office is already being ...Published: 06 Feb 2022 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZEC sets up over 2 700 biometric voter registration centres
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) will set up more than 2 700 mobile voter registration centres during the first phase of the mobile Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) drive that begins on Tuesd...Published: 30 Jan 2022 at 08:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Voter registration drive begins
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) will set up more than 2 700 mobile voter registration centres during the first phase of the mobile Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) drive that begins on Tuesd...Published: 30 Jan 2022 at 08:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ED's penchant for dodgy deals ruins economy
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's penchant for dodgy deals from businesspersons and shady companies was once again brought into the spotlight this week after the government awarded Lithunian printing com...Published: 18 Dec 2021 at 11:23hrs | 15 | 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 | 10 | by Staff Reporter
Dodgy company behind shady passports deal
LITHUANIAN company Garsu Pasaulis which was controversially awarded a contract to produce e-passports by the Zimbabwean government under a murky deal is a dodgy entity previously implicated in bribery...Published: 18 Dec 2021 at 10:55hrs | 154 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa ally clinches e-passport deal
GOVERNMENT yesterday awarded businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei's CBZ Holdings the monopoly to collect passport fees for the newly-introduced electronic passport (e-passport), which will be pegged in for...Published: 15 Dec 2021 at 06:41hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe changing its passport by 2023
Zimbabwe's passport prices will double from US$60 to US$120 after the government awarded a passport production contract to a corruption-linked Belgian firm.President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tues...Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 22:51hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa launches Zimbabwe's e-passport
A nationwide campaign to issue primary identity and registration documents will be launched next year, coinciding with the voter registration blitz ahead of the 2023 harmonised elections, President Mn...Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 22:47hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to launch new passport today
President Mnangagwa is expected to launch the Electronic Passport (e-passport) today in Harare as part of efforts to safeguard immigration security.Despite the introduction of the new passport...Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 05:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo passport office renovations to start
RENOVATIONS of the Bulawayo Passport Enrolment Centre is set to commence on Wednesday (today) as the Government ups its efforts of boosting production of passports, national identification cards and b...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 06:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe awards passport production contract to Belgian firm
A Belgian company linked to bribes-for-tenders in over half-a-dozen countries has been awarded a multi-million-dollar contract to produce biometric passports for Zimbabwe, ZimLive reported.Zim...Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 12:06hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
IDs shortage to ease
THE GOVERNMENT has enlisted the services of a Lithuanian printing company, Garsu Pasaulis (GP), to produce national identity documents (IDs) to ease current shortages.A progress report present...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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