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We received this today – and reproduce it hereunder for general information: Dear Friend of Common Purpose We are pleased to announce the opening of applications for the following programme: Zimbabwean Leaders in the Diaspora This leadership course is designed primarily for Zimbabweans living in South Africa, and focuses on the regeneration and development of Zimbabwe. The aim is to help those participating to make a more positive and effective contribution to the future of Zimbabwe. The course... more

The Herald, Harare —13 April 2010 THE Registrar-General’s Office will from tomorrow start issuing six-month multiple-entry Temporary Travel Documents to replace the existing 21-day Emergency Travel Documents. The new TTD will cost US$38. At a Press conference in Harare yesterday, RG Mr Tobaiwa Mudede said this would address the challenges of counterfeit travel papers that fraudsters were producing. “The new document, which will start to be issued on Wednesday 14 April, 2010 is... more

Comment: We at Come Home To Zim will watch carefully to see when this Bond is actually launched, and pass on the information. It is worth noting that the most recent Reserve Bank bond to mature (raised and guaranteed by government), has paid investors absolutely zero. The bond matured in January 2010 but the bank defaulted on its repayments of investment with the promised interest. But perhaps the participation of Afreximbank in this scheme, will give potential investors a little more confidence... more

Two senior cabinet ministers encourage successful entrepreneurs in neighbouring South Africa to help revive moribund economy Scott Bobb of VOA News -  www1.voanews.com Johannesburg 15 February 2010 Zimbabwe’s two home affairs (Interior) ministers earlier this month told a gathering of successful Zimbabwean businessmen in Johannesburg that the government of President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai wants them to return to help revive the economy. Mr. Mugabe’s ZANU-PF... more

The UK Minister of State for  Borders and Immigration, Phil Woolas, announced recently that he was considering the position of enforced returns to Zimbabwe – an issue under review since the Home Office deferred enforced returns to Zimbabwe in September 2006, following a moratorium enforced through the courts. Taken from the www.ZimDiaspora.com website is an angry comment by one of our brothers, who writes his own reply to the House of Lords, regarding the plight of Zimbabwean Refugees in the... more

Photo: Guy Oliver/IRIN Zimbabwean migrants que to get into South Africa JOHANNESBURG, 27 August 2009 (IRIN) – A new labour migration centre at the Beitbridge border crossing between Zimbabwe and South Africa will be the first step in implementing an agreement between the governments of Zimbabwe and South Africa to reduce irregular migration and promote safe, legal migration options. The new centre, run by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), was opened on... more

From MDC communiqué, The Changing Times, 21 August 209 The Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Morgan Tsvangirai will review the controversial law that was used to strip thousands of people of their citizenship and right to vote because they were once citizens of other countries or because their parents were once foreigners. The Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s office, Hon. Gorden Moyo, said the Prime Minister’s office was working on a policy document on the citizenship law that will... more

From AFP – 3rd August 2009 JOHANNESBURG — Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai got a warm reception on Saturday in Johannesburg as he appealed to exiled Zimbabweans to invest in and return to their country. “The reconstruction cannot be done by government alone, by people in Zimbabwe alone,” he said at a rally of about 300 Zimbabweans singing protest songs and greeting his speech with cheers, claps and whistles. “You and everyone else will have to play their... more

Currently Zimbabweans lose their rights to vote if they stay outside their constituency for more than two years, and therefore have to travel home to re-register if they want to vote. The estimated three million citizens outside the country obviously represent a formidable voting bloc. The feeling among Zimbabweans all over the world is that the Diaspora should be allowed to cast their votes in general elections from outside the country. Or at the very least, citizens should be allowed to participate... more

At the top of the Home Page you will see a new section entitled “Job Offers in Zimbabwe”. This information has been supplied courtesy of the NGO Network website, Kubatana.net. Some of the jobs have an application deadline which is coming up very soon; so please check out the vacancies asap, read the requirements carefully and if you qualify, go for it! Good luck The Come Home Team  Read More →