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The Zimbabwe Independent, Thursday, 09 July 2009 MORE than eight in every 10 formally employed workers in Zimbabwe will not encourage their relatives in the Diaspora to come back home despite being relatively optimistic of the inclusive government formed in February. An employee confidence survey carried by Industrial Psychology Consultants, a human resources think tank in June shows that 83% of workers in the survey sample – drawn from industry and commerce -would advise their relatives... more

Friday, 08 May 2009 From The ZimDiaspora.com THE Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has called upon the Government and the private sector to embark on programmes that facilitate the formulation of strategies to lure back skilled Zimbabweans who had left the country as a result of the economic meltdown. He also called on trade unions to encourage their members to effectively apply themselves in the workplace in order to ensure sustainable productivity that would help in the turn-around of the... more

From The Zimbabwe Standard – by Ndamu Sandu, Saturday, 11 April 2009 15:27 ZIMBABWE’S month-on-month inflation for March decreased by 0.1 percentage points to -3% in March, the Central Statistical Office (CSO) said on Thursday. The development, raised optimism the country is on its way out of the woods. In February the month-on-month inflation stood at -3.1%. “This means that prices measured by all the items in the CPI decreased by an average 3.0%,” CSO said. CSO said the Consumer Price... more

Current Immigration Regulations in Zimbabwe for Permanent Residents, Returning Residents and Non-Citizens. Follow this link to download the file (PDF – 212k).  Read More →

We have gathered the most current information we can find on Citizenship and Immigration regulations, for our members and visitors to check. From Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) November 28, 2002 We welcome, with great relief, General Notice 584 of 2002, as gazetted by the Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs on 22 November 2002. This seeks to clarify and declare the law relating to renunciation and proof of foreign citizenship and has directed the Registrar General (R-G)... more

We have gathered the most current information we can find on Citizenship and Immigration regulations, for our members and visitors to check. ZimOnline June 16, 2005 BULAWAYO – A High Court judge has declared a Bulawayo lawyer born of foreign parents a citizen of Zimbabwe in a landmark ruling certain to come as a relief to thousands of individuals denied citizenship in the last five years because their parents were originally not Zimbabweans. In a judgment delivered last week, Justice Tedius... more

There are an estimated FOUR MILLION Zimbabweans in the diaspora, working in countries all over the world. Where are you? What work have you been doing? Zimbabwe will WELCOME those who do come home. Priority will be given to ZIMBABWEANS seeking employment on reconstruction projects and in the private sector. Remember, if no Zimbabweans come back, the jobs will have to go to other expats – so come home as soon as you can. Your country needs you, your skills and your experience Massive international... more

Your Ideas Please Why not comment and give us your wish list as a returning citizen or a returning permanent resident? What do you think would help to make your homecoming smooth and easy? What red tape would you like to see cut? We promise to forward all good suggestions to the relevant Ministry. To get the ball rolling, here is one of our suggestions: Taxation: The Come Home team’s wish list would start with a ‘Clean Slate’ personal income tax amnesty for returning citizens, particularly... more

Extracts from the 2007 MDC document entitled ‘A New Zimbabwe – A New Beginning’ Labour: Specific programmes will be launched to attract back the large proportion of skilled workers who have left Zimbabwe in recent years for ‘greener pastures’ in neighbouring and overseas countries. While Zimbabwe is well endowed with natural resources, more important in the modern world are its human resources. The MDC will strive to create and maintain world-class training and skills-development programmes... more