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Passports outreach for Zimbabweans living in SA

The Zimbabwe Embassy in South Africa has begun a week-long special consular intervention programme to process passports, birth certificates, and other civil documents for Zimbabweans living in the neighbouring country, starting with Mpumal…

Published: 13 Aug 2025 at 09:11hrs | 545 | by Staff reporter

Edgar Lungu did not hold a Zimbabwean diplomatic passport

Zimbabwe's Permanent Secretary for Information, Nick Mangwana, has denied widespread claims that the late former Zambian president Edgar Chagwa Lungu was in possession of a Zimbabwean diplomatic passport.The rumours, which gained traction …

Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 21:45hrs | 1774 | by Staff reporter

US reviewing Zimbabwe's trade proposal to reduce tariffs

The United States government is currently reviewing a formal proposal from Zimbabwe aimed at establishing a more balanced and reciprocal trade relationship by reducing tariffs between the two countries. The development marks a key moment i…

Published: 08 Jun 2025 at 11:58hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe to open e-passport enrolment centre in the UK by year-end

Work has begun on establishing a new e-passport enrolment centre in the United Kingdom, a significant development aimed at providing easier access to essential civic services for Zimbabweans living abroad. The project, which targets comple…

Published: 08 Jun 2025 at 11:57hrs | | by Staff reporter

SA citizen wants a Zimbabwean passport

A Zimbabwe-born South African citizen has petitioned the country's immigration authorities over what she describes as unfair treatment during her recent visit to Zimbabwe.Tyra Chante Naidoo, a holder of both a Zimbabwean birth certificate …

Published: 23 Nov 2024 at 13:04hrs | | by Staff reporter

Ghanaian in court for fraudulent Zimbabwean passport

YET another foreign national managed to fraudulently acquire Zimbabwean identity documents, including a passport.She was arrested at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport over the weekend. Her case comes at a time focus has been …

Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 15:32hrs | 1035 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe expands e-passport services with new centres abroad

Zimbabwe is intensifying efforts to establish three new e-passport centres in the United Kingdom, Zambia, and the United States, aiming to facilitate easier access to essential civic documents for citizens living abroad. This initiative fo…

Published: 29 Sep 2024 at 11:19hrs | 236 | by Staff reporter

Lawyer sued RG over wrong passport IsiNdebele words

Back in 2020 a Bulawayo-based lawyer Mr Nqobani Sithole is suing the Registrar-General over errors and misspellings of IsiNdebele words on the Zimbabwe passport but we have not heard about the ruling of the case.Mr Sithole, filed the appli…

Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 12:40hrs | 49 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe emigrants celebrate e-passport application in SA

Zimbabweans in South Africa have welcomed the introduction of an e-passport application process at the Johannesburg consulate, marking a significant improvement over previous requirements to renew passports by traveling back to Zimbabwe. H…

Published: 20 Jun 2024 at 07:35hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's consulate in South Africa rolls out e-passports

Zimbabwe's consulate in South Africa announced the phased rollout of an e-passport processing facility starting today. Consul-General Eria Phiri explained that the first phase involved training consulate staff, which concluded on June 15, …

Published: 18 Jun 2024 at 06:52hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

SA, UK and USA passport centres to open this year

ZIMBABWEANS living in South Africa (SA) will begin applying and receiving passports in Johannesburg and Cape Town in March, while those living in the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US) will access the same services before year-…

Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 13:56hrs | 48 | by Staff Reporter

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 national identity documents.The sudden increa…

Published: 20 Dec 2023 at 06:11hrs | 13 | 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 a basic human right as it enables people to exe…

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 concern that Treasury could have been preju…

Published: 31 Oct 2023 at 16:28hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

More than 600,000 e-passports issued to date

THE Civil Registry Department (CRD) has issued more than 600 000 electronic passports since last year, clearing the 200 000-backlog accumulated from 2019 with women having acquired more of the travelling document than their male counterpar…

Published: 23 Jul 2023 at 08:05hrs | | 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 used to be a nightmare for one to acquire a pas…

Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 14:54hrs | 17 | 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 President Mnangagwa in December 2021 with a trial run r…

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 each of the country's 59 districts.At the moment e…

Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 08:11hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

New tech to reform Zimbabwe IDs, passports and policing

Zimbabweans will soon be able to access Government services such as passport and ID applications online, while borders will become more secure, under a new game-changing integrated digital system set to be launched by the Government.The Zi…

Published: 06 Apr 2023 at 06:40hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

African countries must scrap passports, abolish border restrictions

Colonisation created a divided Africa.Even when King Leopold II ravaged the present day Democratic Republic of Congo, he didn't envisage that Africa would have independent states one day.Divisions and borders for Africa are a product of th…

Published: 19 Mar 2023 at 07:50hrs | 2 | by Evans Mathanda

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 additional district offices and 15 Zimbabwe emb…

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 Harare in December last year before the programme k…

Published: 05 Oct 2022 at 06:33hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Wadyajena seeks passport release

Zanu-PF legislator for Gokwe Nembudziya, Justice Mayor Wadyajena, is seeking the release of his passport to travel out of the country on parliamentary business.On his previous remand appearance, Wadyajena submitted a letter written by the …

Published: 12 Sep 2022 at 06:18hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Passports: Decentralising a Citizen Right, says Mnangagwa

Devolving governance, decentralising servicesChapter 14 of our Constitution provides for devolution of governmental power in the interest of citizen participation and social justice. The Chapter puts an end to the bambazonke philosophy by …

Published: 21 Aug 2022 at 08:42hrs | 5 | by President E.D. Mnangagwa

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 Zimbabwe a private company contracted to carry out ren…

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 the e-passport by President Mnangagwa on December…

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 Eye said over 2 000 e-passports were being proce…

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 line with the devolution thrust.As of ye…

Published: 24 Mar 2022 at 05:20hrs | 2 | 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 starting this monthend.President Mnangagwa…

Published: 17 Mar 2022 at 05:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Fired Innscor employee to receive $43k compensation

BULAWAYO Labour Court judge president Mercy Moya-Matshanga last Friday ordered Innscor Africa Limited and Innscor Africa Bread Company Zimbabwe to pay the company's former southern region sales and marketing manager Paul Chimboya $43 000 a…

Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 05:37hrs | 9 | 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 equipped with systems capable of processing e-p…

Published: 06 Feb 2022 at 06:48hrs | | 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 Tuesday launched an e-passport as it was announced …

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 Mnangagwa said yesterday during the launc…

Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 22:47hrs | 9 | 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, all valid traditional passports remain in use…

Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 05:58hrs | 1 | 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.Zimbabwe's cabinet in May approved the "engagement…

Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 12:06hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

Danger lurking at passport offices

HORDES of people have resumed camping outside the capital's passport offices, raising the spectre of coronavirus infections, as standard health protocols are not being strictly observed.Since the resumption of issuance of passports and ide…

Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Woman ordered to release Buyanga son's passport

A Harare magistrate Mrs Barbra Mateko has ordered Chantelle Tatenda Muteswa, former girlfriend to business tycoon Frank Buyanga to release the duo's son's passport as part of the access order given by the court.Muteswa was granted bail and…

Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 17:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Supa Mandiwanzira's passport return bid deferred

A HARARE magistrate deferred until next week a decision on whether to release a passport to ex-Cabinet minister Supa Mandiwanzira, facing charges of criminal abuse of office. Mandiwanzira, who was ICT minister, is facing charges of alleged…

Published: 23 Mar 2019 at 21:31hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

Supa offers $100,000 house to get passport back

Ex-Cabinet minister Supa Mandiwanzira, pictured, - who is facing two counts of criminal abuse of office - has offered to surrender an additional property worth $100 000 as surety in a bid to convince the courts that he does not intend to a…

Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 07:57hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe passport backlog - there is more to the story

To Whom It May ConcernI am writing because I am concerned about the situation at the Zimbabwe Passport Office where Mr Mudede claimed to be, "discharging a backlog", as said in the news.I am concerned that people are passively looking at t…

Published: 20 Sep 2017 at 17:56hrs | 13 | by Anonymous

Passport for Never Moyo. CN 30112

Dear EditorCan you please assist the following person to collect his passport. The details are as follows:Name of Passport Holder: Never MoyoPassport No: CN 30112Zim ID No: 56-032475N-56Details of the person who found the passport in his T…

Published: 04 Mar 2017 at 12:50hrs | 1 | by Simon Nyabereka

Lost and found Passport for Obvious Chuma

I picked up a passport belonging to Obvious Chuma in Cross Dete, Hwange district.Anyone who knows him contact me 00263713368742 or WhatsApp 0027718430000

Published: 23 Feb 2017 at 07:39hrs | 2 | by Concerned Citizen

Lost and Found: Sinethemba Joy Mlotha's passport

Editor,Hello anyone who knows Sinethemba Joy Mlotha her passport was picked in Kempton park. Please help011 044 5364 or 078 278 7472 Blessing or Facebook Oristan Dube.

Published: 24 Jan 2017 at 08:20hrs | 2 | by Blessings

Pan-African Passport to open up borders

The African Union launches a continental passport while Brexit closes doors in Europe The image of Rwandan President Paul Kagame and Chadian President Idriss Deby proudly holding the first two copies of the newly launched pan-African passp…

Published: 06 Aug 2016 at 07:39hrs | 6 | by Tonderayi Mukeredzi

Lost and found Zim passport in Balfour, South Africa

Editor I picked a passport belonging to I.A. Mlilo in Balfour JHB South Africa if anyone knows him tell him to call me on this number 0729865787 (RSA) Thank You!

Published: 02 Jan 2016 at 11:27hrs | | by SA Resident

Getting a passport still a hassle in Zimbabwe

THE lack of effective measures to ensure that the process of acquiring a passport or national identity card is speedy and hassle-free has allowed corruption to continue unabated. The system favours those willing to pay an extra dollar to g…

Published: 15 Jan 2015 at 06:25hrs | | by Tendai Makaripe

Zimbabwe passport farce

EDITOR - I went home to Zimbabwe to get a new passport. I thought I could get it in my home city only to be told that as someone living outside the country, I had to go to Harare. Why centralising services? God knows. I applied for a three…

Published: 30 Aug 2012 at 05:16hrs | | by J. NDLOVU

Xtreme Xperiences - Zimbabwe's Passport Auschwitz

Beneficiaries of Zanu-PF benevolence tend to dismiss such opinions as cruel concoctions by overzealous anti-establishment weirdoes. Yet for millions of Zimbabweans encountering disconcerting treatment at Makombe Building - our National Pas…

Published: 04 Apr 2012 at 12:10hrs | 3 | by Rejoice Ngwenya

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