{"id":5255,"date":"2026-02-17T09:28:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T09:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.testdomain18.gov.zw\/?p=5255"},"modified":"2026-02-17T09:28:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T09:28:56","slug":"hwedza-civil-registry-office-opens-transforming-access-to-vital-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.testdomain18.gov.zw\/?p=5255","title":{"rendered":"Hwedza Civil Registry Office opens, transforming access to vital services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GOVERNMENT has completed construction of a Civil Registry office at Hwedza Centre, Mashonaland East Province, demonstrating President Mnangagwa and the Second Republic\u2019s commitment to bringing essential services closer to the people.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the Civil Registry, a two-storey building has been constructed to house all Government departments at the district level, providing major relief to both civil servants and the community by centralising services under one roof.<\/p>\n<p>President Mnangagwa\u2019s focus on accelerating infrastructure development nationwide aims to transform livelihoods and improve access to services.<\/p>\n<p>The new Civil Registry office brings much-needed convenience to the Hwedza community, which previously had to travel to Harare or Marondera for passport applications and other documentation.<\/p>\n<p>Residents often woke as early as 4 a.m., endured long queues, and in some cases fell victim to unscrupulous individuals posing as agents\u2014a situation now under control.<\/p>\n<p>The office, now open to the public, reflects the Government\u2019s principle of \u201cleaving no one and no place behind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mashonaland East Provincial Affairs and Devolution Minister, Advocate Itayi Ndudzo, reiterated the Government\u2019s commitment to inclusive development as Zimbabwe advances toward Vision 2030\u2014the goal of becoming an empowered, prosperous upper-middle-income economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe scale and quality of infrastructure delivered under the Second Republic highlights significant progress in decentralising Government services,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Admire Dhliwayo, Hwedza Assistant District Development Coordinator, praised the development, noting that the Civil Registry project began in 2001 and is now fully operational.<\/p>\n<p>The adjacent Government complex, started in 2004, is 98 percent complete and already occupied.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GOVERNMENT has completed construction of a Civil Registry office at Hwedza Centre, Mashonaland East Province, demonstrating President Mnangagwa and the Second Republic\u2019s commitment to bringing essential services closer to the people. In addition to the Civil Registry, a two-storey building has been constructed to house all Government departments at the district level, providing major relief [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5256,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.testdomain18.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.testdomain18.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.testdomain18.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.testdomain18.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.testdomain18.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5255"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.testdomain18.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5257,"href":"https:\/\/www.testdomain18.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5255\/revisions\/5257"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.testdomain18.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.testdomain18.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.testdomain18.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.testdomain18.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}