ZIMBABWE: Passport fees leave a population going nowhere

After being accepted by a South African university, Golden Gutu thought the hard part was over, but the worst hurdles for Zimbabweans trying to further their studies were just beginning.

[_d_g_z]

isn't it rather extortionate if not almost beserk or bummy that a poor nation,that our country zimbabwe is,to demand such high fees for passport from its impoverished and starving citizens??
in my view a passport should be a basic right for every citizen apart from the many other luxuries that citizens of our beloved nation so wish to have!!

[hewhonose]

_d_g_z wrote:

isn't it rather extortionate if not almost beserk or bummy that a poor nation,that our country zimbabwe is,to demand such high fees for passport from its impoverished and starving citizens??
in my view a passport should be a basic right for every citizen apart from the many other luxuries that citizens of our beloved nation so wish to have!!

It should be ,but the government is so short of forex,the best way is to tighten the thumbscrews on the desperte ones trying to travel.Any other country is at their subjects beck and call,and respect their wishes .Lets hope it improves.

[Foie Gras Fox]

Looks like the elite is intent on securing for itself a niche in the now so lucrative food import business.