The Zimbabwe Embassy has resumed consular services in Eswatini and Mozambique, Zimbabwe\u2019s ambassador to Mozambique Douglas Nyikayaramba has confirmed.<\/p>\n
The operations resumed this week following their suspension at the peak of coronavirus-induced lockdowns across the SADC region.<\/p>\n
Nyikayaramba revealed that a team of four officers from the embassy in Maputo had since travelled to the Kingdom of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) to provide consular services to Zimbabweans living there. He said:<\/p>\n
An estimated 300 nationals were served over a two-day period between 9 and 10 November.<\/p>\n
The consular visit was in response to a request made by the Association of Zimbabweans resident in Swatini.<\/p>\n
Nyikayaramba said they had attended to Zimbabweans requiring mainly travel documents, temporary travel documents, passport application forms and births registration. He added:<\/p>\n
We have noted that there is a need for the revival of quarterly visits to reduce the backlog.<\/p>\n
The consular services are sort of seasonal, towards holidays when people want to travel, end of the year and beginning of year\/school calendar.<\/p>\n
Since the beginning of the lockdowns in March, the embassy has facilitated the repatriation of over 400 Zimbabwean nationals from Mozambique and 80 others from Eswatini, Nyikayaramba said.<\/p>\n
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