“We have, with effect from Friday, stopped clearing Zimbabwean travellers with ETDs obtained from both Bulawayo and Gweru at the request of our Zimbabwean counterparts,” an immigration official confirmed. It is understood that the suspension would be lifted as soon as the Zimbabwean government had completed its investigations.
Home Affairs Co-Minister Kembo Mohadi confirmed the development and expressed concern that the stolen ETD forms had surfaced in Bulawayo as well. “A number of ETD books went missing in Midlands Province and currently we are conducting intensive investigations into the matter,” he said. Mohadi said a substantial number of fake ETDs that had been produced in Gweru and Bulawayo were recently intercepted at Beitbridge and Plumtree border posts.