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Calls grow to reduce Zimbabwe passport costs

The government's decision to slash selected regulatory fees, particularly in the agriculture sector, has been welcomed as a move that could improve the ease of doing business in Zimbabwe and boost the economic well-being of ordinary citize…

Published: 17 Sep 2025 at 08:13hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter

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 | 100 | by Staff reporter

New e-passport centres set to enhance service delivery

THE Mutare e-passport enrolment centre has been completed and is poised to open to the public shortly.This development comes as the Government plans to establish two additional centres in Masvingo and Beitbridge in the near future.Addition…

Published: 03 Apr 2025 at 08:06hrs | 226 | by Staff reported

Zimbabweans can now travel to Russia with e-Visa scheme

Zimbabweans seeking to visit Russia can now do so more easily, thanks to the introduction of an e-visa system. This new scheme allows travelers from Zimbabwe to enter Russia and stay for up to 16 days without the need for extensive paperwo…

Published: 30 Dec 2024 at 19:52hrs | 2495 | by Staff reporter

6 granted bail in Zimbabwe passport scandal

Nine of the 16 individuals implicated in a scheme involving the alleged unlawful issuance of Zimbabwean passports and identity documents to four Cameroonian nationals will remain in custody until their trial begins on January 13, 2025.Six …

Published: 20 Dec 2024 at 10:58hrs | 178 | by Staff reporter

16 Zimbabwe passport office employees face trial over passport scam

The trial of 16 Registrar-General officers accused of fraudulently issuing passports to four Cameroonian nationals will commence on December 18 at the Harare regional magistrate's court.The accused officers, who are facing charges of crimi…

Published: 04 Dec 2024 at 06:53hrs | 3262 | 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 | 15214 | by Staff reporter

South Africa to cancel IDs of Chidimma Adetshina and her mother

The Home Affairs Department says it will cancel the identity and travel documents of former Miss South Africa contestant, Chidimma Adetshina, and her Mozambican-born mother.They are also facing probable fraud charges. On Tuesday, the depar…

Published: 29 Oct 2024 at 15:18hrs | 3043 | by Staff reporter

Passport scandal exposes Zimbabwe to terrorism

The Zimbabwean government has raised alarms over a passport scandal involving four Cameroonian nationals who were fraudulently issued travel documents, claiming that the incident poses significant risks related to terrorism and human traff…

Published: 23 Oct 2024 at 07:55hrs | 891 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe passports processing officer appears in court

A processing officer at the Harare Registrar General's Office, Chipo Matovanyika, appeared in court yesterday on charges of assisting four Cameroonian nationals to fraudulently acquire Zimbabwean passports. Matovanyika (42), who resides in…

Published: 23 Oct 2024 at 07:42hrs | 291 | by Staff reporter

High passport fees may hinder Zimbabwe's remittance flows

The Zimbabwe Banks and Allied Workers Union (Zibawu) has raised concerns that the country's high passport fees could significantly impede remittance flows by restricting citizens' migration opportunities. With passport costs reaching at le…

Published: 18 Oct 2024 at 12:30hrs | 3931 | 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

4 Cameroonians in court for falsifying Zimbabwean passports

Four Cameroonian nationals appeared in court on Saturday facing charges of falsifying information to obtain Zimbabwean birth certificates and passports. The accused - Duma Ebako Christiana Boyombe (39), Yvette Kum Noam (24), Marvel Ngeyi T…

Published: 01 Oct 2024 at 09:03hrs | 427 | 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

Cameroonians caught with fake Zimbabwe passports

Tawanda Waniwa, an employee at the Mt. Darwin registry office, is embroiled in a serious fraud scandal after allegedly issuing four fraudulent Zimbabwean birth certificates to Cameroonian nationals who assumed local identities, including n…

Published: 26 Sep 2024 at 11:07hrs | 2669 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe govt commissions Jo'burg e-passports

Zimbabwe has commissioned a newly refurbished building in Johannesburg, South Africa, to process e-passports for its citizens, with plans for additional centers in Cape Town and London. This initiative follows President Mnangagwa's directi…

Published: 26 Jul 2024 at 06:34hrs | 171 | 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

Zimbabwe begins processing e-passports in South Africa

Zimbabwe has begun processing e-passports for its citizens in South Africa. A newly refurbished building in South Africa will be commissioned after the country's elections.Officials from Zimbabwe's Registrar General's office and consultant…

Published: 11 Jun 2024 at 05:48hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe - Johannesburg passport centre to open this month

The Zimbabwe passport centre in Johannesburg has been completed and will begin offering services to Zimbabweans in South Africa this month.Zimbabwe's Ambassador to South Africa, Mr David Hamadziripi, stated that the Johannesburg centre is …

Published: 02 Apr 2024 at 19:18hrs | 104 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe, Botswana forge ahead with eliminating passport requirement

ZIMBABWE and Botswana are forging ahead with eliminating passport requirements for citizens travelling between the two countries with the Government already working on fine-tuning the modalities and operational framework to allow people to…

Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 04:59hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe - Botswana passport requirements should go, says Masisi

BOTSWANA President Mokgweetsi Masisi has said he sees the removal of passport requirements between Zimbabwe and South Africa in line with the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) guidelines and good neighbourliness.Masisi said the…

Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 07:36hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Passport seekers besiege Bulawayo, Gwanda offices

HUNDREDS of people are visiting the Bulawayo and Gwanda Civil Registry Offices to apply for passports saying they wish to leave the country after losing hope in Zimbabwe's political and economic situation.Some of the people interviewed by …

Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 19:34hrs | 2 | 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 | 49 | by Staff Reporter

45 000 e-passports issued in December in Zimbabwe

MORE than 45 000 applicants were issued with passports from December 1 to last Friday, as most people sought to beat tomorrow's deadline, when the cost of obtaining the travel document goes up.As of January 1, 2024, the fee for ordinary pa…

Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 08:53hrs | 12 | 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

Passport removal could boost Zimbabwe-Botswana trade

The agreement between President Mnangagwa and President Mokgweetsi Masisi of Botswana to allow passport-free travel between Zimbabwe and its western neighbour is a trade masterstroke, a political and trade expert has said.University of Zim…

Published: 18 Dec 2023 at 04:52hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Botswana MPs reject Zimbabwe passports deal

Botswana parliamentarians have unequivocally expressed their opposition to the proposed removal of passports for travel between their country and Zimbabwe.Responding to a statement made in the National Assembly by Labour and Home Affairs m…

Published: 17 Dec 2023 at 09:45hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

Mthuli Ncube forced to revise passport fees

Finance minister Mthuli Ncube steered through his 2024 national budget in a marathon sitting of parliament which concluded just before 1AM on Friday, making several revisions to his tax proposals.Ncube told MPs road toll fees would go up b…

Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 15:47hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa's govt responds to passport rush

GOVERNMENT has extended operating hours at the Civil Registry Department after its offices were flooded with desperate Zimbabweans applying for passports.Snaking queues have emerged at the Civil Registry Department offices countrywide afte…

Published: 06 Dec 2023 at 05:07hrs | 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

Zimbabwe passport, ID applications go online

The Civil Registry Department (CRD) in Zimbabwe is set to launch an online platform for passport and national identity card applications this year to enhance access to these essential civic documents. This initiative aims to streamline the…

Published: 24 Sep 2023 at 08:55hrs | 134 | by Staff reporter

20 e-passport centres opened

With 20 e-passport centres already commissioned and with plans to ensure every district gets such a registry centre, that will offer all the other documentation that people need in the modern world, the quality of life is rising across mos…

Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 06:43hrs | 49 | 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 | 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 used to be a nightmare for one to acquire a pas…

Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 14:54hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter

Mamombe's passport request dismissed

OPPOSITION legislator, Joana Mamombe currently facing a slew of criminal charges had her request for temporary release of her passport dismissed because her co-accused skipped the country after applying for theirs.Mamombe made the request,…

Published: 07 Jun 2023 at 06:02hrs | 1 | 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

Mamombe's passport application dismissed

The application by CCC Member of Parliament Joana Mamombe for the temporary release of her passport to visit Kenya for a training conference has been dismissed by Harare magistrate Mr Stanford Mambanje.Mamombe is facing allegations of faki…

Published: 19 Apr 2023 at 06:41hrs | 2 | 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

Call to collect processed passports from Dept of Civil Registry

THE Department of Civil Registry has said it has stockpiles of passports processed over the years lying uncollected as owners have not claimed them.Speaking on the sidelines of an inter-ministerial Review and Validation of Comprehensive As…

Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 06:24hrs | 2 | 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

Botswana mulls scrapping passport requirement with Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe and Botswana citizens will soon be using national identity cards as travel documents amid indications that Botswana president Mokgweetsi Masisi has hinted on scrapping use of passports between the two nations. Media reports in Bot…

Published: 14 Mar 2023 at 05:50hrs | | 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 additional district offices and 15 Zimbabwe emb…

Published: 11 Dec 2022 at 08:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Passport queues to be outlawed

SLEEPING overnight in queues at the passport office in Bulawayo may soon be outlawed, if the city's councillors have their way.scores of Passport seekers queue at the passport office ( file pic)The city fathers are disgusted by people usin…

Published: 18 Oct 2022 at 19:12hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

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