CIVIL REGISTRATION AND VITAL STATISTICS SYSTEM IN ZIMBABWE

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CIVIL REGISTRATION AND VITAL STATISTICS SYSTEM IN
ZIMBABWE

• BACKGROUND
• Independence 1980
• Area 390 759 square kilometres
• Population 11 631 657 (2002 census). Current CSO
  projection 12 347 238
• 1890 civil registration started
• Civil registration mandatory for white settlers
  until 1980.

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LEGAL FRAMEWORK

• Births and Deaths Registration Act Acts 11/1986,
  7/1994
• Childrens Act Chapter 506
• Guardianship of Minors Act Chapter 508
• Marriage Act Chapter 511
• Customary Marriages Act Chapter 507

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LEGAL FRAMEWORK continued

• Brands Regulations, 1998 SI 99 of 1998
• Citizenship of Zimbabwe Act Chapter 401
• Constitution of Zimbabwe
• Electoral Act Chapter 213
• National Registration Act Chapter 1017

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ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE

• Registrar General
• Central Registry
• 10 x Provincial Registries
• 72 x District Registries

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TECHNICAL SETTINGS

• Centralised set up
• Decentralised functions
• Computerisation programme
• Trained and skilled employees

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GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT

• Civil registration is a wholly government
  responsibility
• Government funding of all registration activities
• Government policy e.g. decentralisation
• Coordination with other government departments
  and local authorities on major civil registration
  activities

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PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT

• Lobbying for policy formulation
• Awareness campaigns
• Office construction
• Donations of furniture and equipment
• Participation in registration activities

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MAJOR CHALLENGES

• Inadequate budgetary allocation
• Inadequate office and staff facilities
• Inadequate furniture and equipment
• Need awareness campaigns
• Insufficient telephone data lines

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THANK YOUANDGOD BLESS