126 Un-documented Nationals Elderly (60 years +) Minority Groups Foreign Persons with Disabilities Intersex Persons Women Orphans Children Annexure 16: 126 Intensify mobile registration programmes for easy access to national documents by minority groups in their communities. Relax formalities on registration requirements. Deploy staff members who are conversant with languages spoken in communities they work. Intensify mobile registration exercise for easy access by the elderly. Carry out home visits for registering the elderly who are incapacitated to approach RG offices. Waive payment of statutory fees for the elderly. Facilitate the issuance of alien IDs. Persons from SADC countries who have resided in Zimbabwe for several years should not be required to pay the RTGS$5,000 when renouncing citizenship. Introduce an identification mark on IDs for persons with disabilities, particularly, those with invisible disabilities. Create a user-friendly disability desk at the Registrar’s office to address concerns raised by PWDs. The DRG should work with organisations of Persons with Disabilities in disseminating information and to address PWDs concerns. The DRG staff to be trained on disability management including disability education and sign language so that they are able to handle PWDs. Improve disability statistics in Zimbabwe. Carry out home visits for registering PWDs who are incapacitated to approach the DRG offices To put in place accessibility measures for persons with disabilities e.g. ramps. Waive payment of statutory fees for persons with disabilities. Include intersex as a sex category on applications for national documentation. Waive payment of statutory fees for orphaned children. Relax registration requirements where only the father is documented and the mother is not. Relax some of the legal requirements in acquiring birth certificates particularly where the parents of the child are deceased or Put in place measures to issue birth certificates to children born in prisons. Ministry of health to expedite age estimation for children in conflict with the law. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS Specific Recommendations for Special Interest Groups ZIMBABWE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION For Human Dignity N AT I O N A L I N Q U I R Y R E P O R T

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