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Mnangagwa's govt now printing 800 passports per day
Government has confirmed that the production of passports is improving and now stands at 800 passports per day from the previous 60, boosting chances of clearing a backlog that stands at 300 000....Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 23:29hrs | 2363 | by Staff reporter
SB Moyo was a Director at Africom & Fernhaven before the NSSA loan
There has been lots of talk around the NSSA loan and how Africom was involved as their army boss now minister Sibusiso B Moyo and husband to ZACC chairperson, was both director at Africom and Fernhave...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 21:51hrs | 2752 | by Staff reporter
'MDC MPs' passports snub a publicity stunt'
ZANU-PF legislator Kindness Paradza (Makonde) has accused his MDC counterparts' snub of diplomatic passports offered by President Emmerson Mnangagwa government as a cheap publicity stunt as some of th...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 07:47hrs | 1147 | by Staff reporter
Fake documents syndicate ring leader walks into police trap
The Registrar-General's Office has bust a syndicate leader of fake birth certificate production and other related documents that swindled several unsuspecting people, taking advantage of the acute sho...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 07:37hrs | 1976 | by Staff reporter
Architects probe US$20m Econet contract
The association of architects in Zimbabwe is embroiled in a favouritism storm over an opaque competition for the design of the new headquarters of Cassava Smartech, a subsidiary of the conglomerate, E...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 11:28hrs | 703 | by Staff reporter
340 000 passports to be produced within 3 weeks
GOVERNMENT has increased passport production from 60 to 1 000 per day following the delivery of essential passport consumables including passport paper, gold foil, passport covers, glue and security t...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 19:28hrs | 5001 | by newzimbabwe
Passport production improves
GOVERNMENT has increased passport production from 60 to 1 000 per day following the delivery of essential passport consumables including passport paper, gold foil, passport covers, glue and security t...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 08:54hrs | 1266 | by Staff reporter
'Ndebele workers terrorised in Lupane Registry office'
The news filtering through our intelligence department is so much disturbing on what Shona senior workers did to the Ndebele workers in Lupane registry yesterday.We can safely confirm that Wil...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 08:02hrs | 3397 | by MRP Information department
Labour registrar ordered to reopen NEC
HIGH Court judge Justice Joseph Musakwa has ordered Labour Registrar Grace Kanyayi to reinstate the registration certificate of the National Employment Council for Engineering and Iron and Steel Indus...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 09:27hrs | 331 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland Collective Press Statement on Staff Rationalisation at Lupane Registry Office
Matabeleland Collective notes with concern that the spirit of Devolution of Power enshrined in the Zimbabwean Constitution is being flouted by Government as it is redeploying Ndebele speaking Ci...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 23:26hrs | 2247 | by Matabeleland Collective
Labour registrar shuts down employment council to cover corruption
THE Registrar of Labour Grace Kanyayi has been taken to court after she unilaterally withdrew the certificate of registration for the National Employment Council (Nec) for Engineering and Iron and Ste...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 13:18hrs | 1534 | by Staff reporter
Policy inconsistency hurting economy
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) reintroduced the Zimbabwean Dollar and outlawed the use of multicurrencies on the local market on the 24th of June 2019, despite widespread concerns on burning the m...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 09:12hrs | 1991 | by Victor Bhoroma
Zimbabwe passport situation to normalise in 4 weeks' time
Zimbabweans wishing to travel abroad for employment, study, business or health related reasons may have to wait a little longer as government keeps on making many unfulfilled promises on the issuance ...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 09:40hrs | 2808 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa govt getting in the way of its own reforms
FOR much of the past year, Zimbabwe's economy has oscillated between confusion and chaos, and as the second half of 2019 wears on, the headwinds show no immediate sign of relenting.This is in ...Published: 02 Aug 2019 at 08:04hrs | 438 | by Perry Munzwembiri
Registrar decries late birth registrations
IT is an offence not to register a child within 42 days of birth and more needs to be done by way of publicity to ensure people know the importance of the requirement, Mashonaland Central provincial r...Published: 02 Aug 2019 at 07:48hrs | 327 | by Staff reporter
Tendai Biti to turn heat on Mthuli Ncube
THE Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chaired by MDC deputy president Tendai Biti has vowed to turn the heat on the Finance ministry, which has been accused of breaching the Constitution and other laws ...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 07:45hrs | 2334 | by Staff reporter
Pupils have no birth certificates
ABOUT 200 pupils at Lukanyiso Primary School in Bulawayo's Mpopoma suburb do not have identity documents, a survey has revealed.The survey was conducted by the Bulawayo Progressive Residents' ...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 18:15hrs | 260 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe currently printing 60 passports per day
ZIMBABWE is currently printing a measly 60 passports per day against a waiting list of over 300 000, Registrar General Clement Masango has said.However, Masango claimed his department is targe...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 09:26hrs | 3267 | by newzimbabwe
Fake passport lands teacher in court
A teacher at Mandressa Islamic School, who was arrested at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport for possessing a fake passport recently, was on Monday convicted and fined $500. Failure ...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 08:00hrs | 3828 | by Staff reporter
Starving police officers exposed to corruption
HOME Affairs secretary Melusi Matshiya on Monday warned that security forces, who are deployed to man the country's border posts without receiving allowances, are prone to corruption and underhand dea...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 13:57hrs | 1308 | by Staff reporter
Corrupt passport officials warned
REGISTRAR-General Mr Clemence Masango has issued a stern warning to officials in his department who are capitalising on the challenges in the issuance of passports by demanding kickbacks from desperat...Published: 22 Jul 2019 at 08:11hrs | 953 | by Staff reporter
Exploring the causes of Gukurahundi
It is true that the Matabeleland crisis resulted in a number of people losing their lives while some remained with permanent psychological and physical injuries.True that maybe, perceptions an...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:11hrs | 865 | by Dr Obert Mpofu
Mohadi warns drug dealers
VICE President Kembo Mohadi has warned drug dealers and organisers of Vuzu parties, saying those doing so will face the full wrath of the law. VP Mohadi was speaking at the ground-breaking ceremony of...Published: 20 Jul 2019 at 14:24hrs | 582 | by Staff reporter
The Fifth Estate: A threat to national security
The turn of the century has seen the evolution of various communication platforms. This development also saw the rise of citizen journalism. The bad side of citizen journalism is that the writer i...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 08:26hrs | 2370 | by Elijah Chihota
Lupane lecturers go on strike
LUPANE State University (LSU) lecturers have gone on strike following the institution's failure to review their salaries. LSU Academic Staff Association members held a meeting on Wednesday and...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:17hrs | 833 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe passport not printed by Nikuv'
NORTON legislator Temba Mliswa and fellow opposition legislators Wednesday took Home Affairs Minister Cain Mathema to task on why government was making citizens' lives unbearable through failure to pr...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 07:50hrs | 1763 | by newzimbabwe
LSU students demand immediate commencement of non-discriminatory block classes
To: The Vice ChancellorCc: The Pro-Vice Chancellor : The Deputy Registrar : The BursarLupane State University3rd Floor CBZ B...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 20:41hrs | 616 | by LSU
Chinotimba wins macadamia nuts debt fight
A High Court judge has given Buhera South legislator, Joseph Chinotimba the green-light to attach a property belonging to Chinese owned firm, Sunny Zimbabwe International in order to recover US$65 755...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 08:44hrs | 2460 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe passport issuance continues to scale down
OVER the past year, the Registrar General's (RGs) office has scaled down the issuance of passports owing to shortages of consumables, with daily levels now around 250 against a national demand of 3 00...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 15:10hrs | 5458 | by Staff reporter
Bribes for passports as crisis worsens
Desperate Zimbabweans are parting with huge sums of money to pay bribes in order to obtain passports amid reports that applicants are being told to wait until 2022.The Registrar General's offi...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:44hrs | 1758 | by Staff reporter
'Project delays costing RG’s Office'
THE Registrar-General (RG)'s Office has been incurring huge costs for unfinished district registry office projects, whose prices have since doubled or trebled due to late implementation.This w...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 07:48hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
Bribery allegations rock RG's office as passport crisis deepens
Zimbabweans are allegedly paying as much as US$400 to obtain passports, as officials at the Registrar General's office cash in on a crisis that has seen production of the travel document coming to a v...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 19:32hrs | 1983 | by Judith Sibanda
Diaspora woman sues mother
A BULAWAYO woman who is based in the United Kingdom is locked in a legal battle with her mother whom she accuses of duping her of a house in the affluent Suburbs in the city. Ms Prisca Banda a...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 07:50hrs | 1294 | by Staff reporter
Strive Masiyiwa's 'former' lawyer sues Mthuli Ncube over currency reforms
Tawanda Nyambirai, who is on record as having been a lawyer to leading businessman Strive Masiyiwa in his bid to license Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, has sued the Minister of Finance and Economic Deleopm...Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 20:43hrs | 7909 | by Staff reporter
Chombo 'sold' govt house to Zanu-PF colleague
FORMER Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo yesterday appeared in court facing criminal abuse of office charges for allegedly facilitating the sale of a government house in Mutare to ex-Zanu-PF l...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 08:17hrs | 2205 | by Staff reporter
Passports production set to improve
GOVERNMENT yesterday said production of passports is expected to improve within a month as Treasury has bought new machines to print the travel documents at a cost of nearly US$600 000. In a P...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 08:04hrs | 2783 | by Staff reporter
Chombo faces fresh charges
Former Cabinet minister Ignatius Chombo yesterday appeared in court on fresh charges after he allegedly sold a Government house in Mutare without following due process. He is jointly charged with Laza...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 07:51hrs | 739 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe stops issuing passports?
Zimbabwe's passport-issuing service has ground to a halt, officials said Monday, leaving many citizens trapped in the country as its economic crisis worsens.Applicants for new or renewed passp...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 19:04hrs | 12542 | by AFP
Judge raps registrar-general over citizenship
Supreme Court judge Justice Nicholas Mathonsi has come hard on registrar-general Clemence Masango, who has been denying returning Zimbabweans citizenship status, saying the move by his office is disco...Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 09:13hrs | 976 | by Staff reporter
Buyanga case takes new twist
THE High Court has issued a provisional order barring businessman Frank Buyanga from taking with him his minor son to South Africa, as the fight for custody of the child takes a new turn.Buyan...Published: 22 Jun 2019 at 15:45hrs | 401 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is one giant crime scene!
Presently, a newspaper headline reports a ticketing scam by over a hundred Zupco conductors which prejudiced the company of thousands of dollars; fast-tracking the demise of a public transport project...Published: 21 Jun 2019 at 22:29hrs | 4048 | by Washington Nyasha Gwarada
Man buries mother alone
A 44-YEAR-OLD man from Insuza has been fined $50 for burying his mother alone without being authorised or informing relatives. Mncedisi Mabena lived with his mother at their homestead at Villa...Published: 18 Jun 2019 at 08:02hrs | 2466 | by Staff reporter
Passport shortage leaves Zimbabweans stranded
With Zimbabwe's economy in shambles and political tensions rising, leaving the country seems the best option for many who are desperate for jobs. But those dreams often end at the passport office, whi...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 20:26hrs | 734 | by AP
Zimbabwe's economic crunch hits passports
With Zimbabwe's economy in shambles and political tensions rising, leaving the country seems the best option for many who are desperate for jobs. But those dreams often end at the passport office, whi...Published: 15 Jun 2019 at 10:45hrs | 7593 | by Farai Mutsaka, The Associated Press
Buyanga excluded on son's birth certificate
Frank Buyanga has accused his ex-girlfriend Chantelle Muteswa of trying to airbrush him out of their son's life by misrepresenting to the Registrar General that the boy's father was unknown while acqu...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 10:46hrs | 2564 | by Staff reporter
Singaporean man loses US$517k investment to Zimbabwean partner
A SINGAPOREAN investor Ramason Bupedra allegedly lost his investment worth US$517 000 after his Zimbabwean business partner fraudulently changed the shareholding structure before selling their mining ...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 07:02hrs | 1210 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe passport crisis set to ease
Government has assured the nation that the production and processing of passports is set to increase following the availability of machinery and printing paper. This comes after members of the...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 07:06hrs | 9350 | by Staff reporter
Businessman up for US$1,5m fraud
A Bulawayo businessman yesterday appeared in court on allegations of defrauding an unsuspecting land seeker of US$1,5 million in a botched property deal. Ismail Moosa Lunat (age not supplied) ...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 06:54hrs | 597 | by Staff reporter
Parties face censure for accessing phone numbers to canvas for votes
Political parties will be prosecuted and penalised for accessing personal mobile phone numbers and using them to canvas for votes from the electorate under the new Protection of Personal Information B...Published: 05 Jun 2019 at 07:52hrs | 275 | by Staff reporter
Technicality cannot decide Nduna's legitimacy
THE Supreme Court yesterday said an appeal filed by MDC Alliance candidate for Chegutu West, Gift Konjana, challenging the election of Dexter Nduna (Zanu-PF) - who was erroneously declared the winner ...Published: 25 May 2019 at 08:35hrs | 3336 | by Staff reporter
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