Minister Kezembe Kazembe
By Dickson Bandera
With elections just some few months away, the Civil Registry Department has rolled out a countrywide mobile national documents registration exercise to ensure that those who lost or are having problems acquiring the documents are assisted.
The programme runs from 01 May to 31 July 2023 and working hours have been extended in order to assist as many people as possible.
Mobile teams will work from 7 AM to 5 PM, during working days, while static offices will work from 7 AM to 7 PM.
The teams will also work on weekends and public holidays weekends and public holidays from 7 AM to 4 PM.
The Civil Registry Department said the exercise will target those who attained 18 years intending to register as voters and eligible voters with lost identity documents which are needed on voting day.
Those who are 18 years and above and require both birth certificates and national identity documents are also set to benefit during the blitz.
Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Kazembe Kazembe said that 129 mobile teams have been deployed across the country in addition to static registry offices.
In Harare Metropolitan Province 9 teams have been added, in Bulawayo Metropolitan 8, Masvingo 24, Mashonaland East 9, Mashonaland West 8, Mashonaland Central 8, Manicaland 10, Matabeleland South 23, Matabeleland North 10 and Midlands 20.
Each team will be having a different number of people depending on the deployment and more teams are expected to be added.
