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Felex Share Herald Reporter
THE Registrar-General’s Office has stopped processing passports following an electrical fault caused by the power blackout that hit most parts of the country on Wednesday night. The blackout damaged the processing system at Makombe Building.
Registrar-General Mr Tobaiwa Mu-dede yesterday said the suspension affe-cted passports and Temporary Travel Documents.
He said they were only processing urgent passports using “alternative means”.
This comes at a time when thousands of people, mainly those working in South Africa, are seeking to renew their passports and process their travelling documents before returning in the New Year. Some Zimbabweans are also seeking documents which will allow them to stay in South Africa legally.
“Following the blackout in the Harare Business District area last night (Wed-nesday) we have had an electrical problem affecting our system at Makombe Building. We do not know the cause yet,” said Mr Mudede.
“However, we have not completely shut down. We are using alternative means to process urgent passports only until the problem is rectified.”
Engineers were working “flat out” to rectify the fault.
The RG’s office was hit by the same problem, at the same time last year when it suspended the issuance of identification documents following another electrical fault at the KGVI production centre.
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