BY MBONGENI NDLELA
LUBOMBO – Eswatini continues to strive towards first-world status, in spite of the challenges that we are rebounding from.
One indicator is the massive exercise to give all Emaswati access to civil registration services by going to the different constituencies around the country.
Minister of Home Affairs Princess Lindiwe reiterated the importance of the nationwide civil registration mop-up exercise today when speaking at the launch of the Lubombo Region mop-up exercise at Mambane Umphakatsi.
Minister Princess Lindiwe has urged emaSwati who do not have basic registration documents to make use of the opportunity to get them in their communities through the decentralized programme.
“The Ministry has now started to avail registration of vital events closer to all unregistered deserving persons at all Tinkhundla and Imiphakatsi to ensure that the existing registration backlog is addressed,” the Minister said.
“Several studies undertaken by Government and her partners have shown that there are multiple challenges to birth registration and that this important exercise has remained weak and uncoordinated in the country,” she said.
The politician stated that through this campaign, Government aims to upscale registration and improve the quality of registration of all vital events. “This will ensure that all citizens and legally resident non-citizens are registered,” she said.
The mopping exercise officially began at Nkwene Inkhundla in the Shiselweni Region last month and is expected to run for seven months.
