By Ziyah News Reporter
As the Registrar Generals Office continues to rollout and take the e-passport to the people, Zimbabwe’s Consulate in Johannesburg South Africa which has since started accepting and processing e-passports has adopted electronic payments as part of measures to increase applicants’ convenience.
The announcement was made in a press briefing.
“Please be advised that with effect from Monday, 22 July 2024, the Consulate will start accepting electronic card payments for the e- passport fee, i.e. the Rand equivalent of USD170, calculated on the basis of the previous week’s average USD/ZAR exchange rate. However, the administrative fee of R300.00 will still continue to be paid exclusively in cash. The above measure has been introduced for public safety and convenience.”
The Consulate in Johannesburg also took the opportunity to announce to its clientele of a temporary closure of business at the facility.
The Consulate further wishes to advise members of the public that due to circumstances beyond its control, it will be closed for business on Wednesday, 24 and Thursday, 25 July 2024, respectively. The Consulate will resume operations on Friday, 26 July 2024.
The e passport project is one of the key ones implemented by the Second Republic led by His Excellency Emmerson Mnangagwa under a Built Operate and Transfer (BOT) arrangement which has brought efficiency in the production of passports for long hounded by long delays and a backlog which ran into years at its peak.
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