Stories
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The Cost of A Zimbabwean Dying In The Diaspora
Read more: The Cost of A Zimbabwean Dying In The DiasporaA Zimbabwean mother living in the Diaspora lost her son a few days ago. This was a particularly difficult time for her because her husband is still in Zimbabwe putting together the necessary documentation to allow him to join his family. This lady does not have a very strong support network where she resides which…
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Emirates Flights To Harare, What It Means For Air Zimbabwe & Other Airlines
Read more: Emirates Flights To Harare, What It Means For Air Zimbabwe & Other AirlinesLast month, Emirates announced that from 1 February 2012 they will start flying into Harare from Dubai via Zambia 5 times a week. EK713 will depart from Dubai every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday at 09:25am and arrive in Harare at 5:20pm with the return flight leaving Harare at 7:20pm. This is the first…
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Medical Misadventure In Zimbabwe
Read more: Medical Misadventure In ZimbabweStatistics show that chronic diseases such as caner and diabetes are on the rise in developing nations. A number of these nations are still battling infectious diseases such as HIV. Having to deal with both infectious and chronic diseases puts even more pressure on health systems that are already struggling to cope. Zimbabwe’s brain drain…
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A Response To: “Applying For A Zimbabwean Passport Without An I.D. Card?”
Read more: A Response To: “Applying For A Zimbabwean Passport Without An I.D. Card?”The following is a comment left by a reader in response to: “Applying For A Zimbabwean Passport Without An I.D. Card?” I post this only to try and help anyone about to go through this same ordeal…..this is from our hands-on experience. This is advice only, maybe each experience is different. One other word –…
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Transitional Justice In Zimbabwe, Seeking Ways To Heal The Nation
Read more: Transitional Justice In Zimbabwe, Seeking Ways To Heal The NationOn Wed July 6 a workshop was convened at the Diakonia Centre in Central Durban by Zimbabwe Exiles Forum (ZEF) in partnership with other Zimbabwean civic groups which are based in South Africa. Keynote speakers were Gabriel Shumba (ZEF), Munjodzi Mutandiri (NCA), Janet Munakamwe (Southern Africa Women’s Institute for Migration Affairs~SAIMA), Sox Chikohwero (Zimbabwe Global…
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Fire leaves Zimbabaweans Homeless in Durban, South Africa
Read more: Fire leaves Zimbabaweans Homeless in Durban, South AfricaOn Sat night 2 July, a fire outbreak damaged a building in Central Durban which housed Zimbabwean refugees. The fire destroyed most of their belongings including passports and other personal documentation. This building is one of the many commercial properties in Durban which have been converted to housing, comprised of small sized rooms, by unscrupulous…
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Cassette Tapes Still Thriving in Zimbabwe
Read more: Cassette Tapes Still Thriving in ZimbabweA large majority of you have probably had a good laugh about how decades ago cassette tapes were a popular source of media that was used when buying, storing and of course “dubbing” music. If you went through this era then you probably also remember rewinding or forwarding tapes using an Eversharp 15M ball point…
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How To Identify A Fake Zimbabwean Passport?
Read more: How To Identify A Fake Zimbabwean Passport?We recently received an email from an individual concerned about the validity of Zimbabwean passports issued by the Registrar General’s Passport Office. As per the email below, a friend of the individual was arrested and sentenced for being in possession of a fraudulent passport: [quote]It appears that some passports being issued by the Zimbabwean passport…
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We Are Africans – Zimbabwe Mix Video Premiere | 18 April 2011
Read more: We Are Africans – Zimbabwe Mix Video Premiere | 18 April 201118 April 2011 marked the day that Zimbabweans celebrated 31 years of independence. The day brought about a mixed bag of emotions because of the definition of the word INDEPENDENCE but that is a whole story in itself. The 18th also marked the day of the video premiere of We Are Africans – Zimbabwe Mix…
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Applying For A Zimbabwean Passport Without An I.D. Card?
Read more: Applying For A Zimbabwean Passport Without An I.D. Card?A number of people have emailed us questions related to applying for a new Zimbabwean passport from the diaspora. One question that comes up frequently is that of the need for a Zimbabwe National ID Card when applying for a passport as per the example below: [quote]My Passport expired and I lost my ID a…