With access to an Internet link, they may be able to download a passport application form and submit it by post.

ECONOMIST: When India wires up

The former Rhodesia has a history of conflict, with white settlers dispossessing the resident population, guerrilla armies forcing the white government to submit to elections, and the post-independence leadership committing atrocities in southern areas where it lacked the support of the Matabele people.

BBC: Zimbabwe profile

The consultation will run until 16 February 2013 and people are asked to submit their comments online or in the post.

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