It would seem that the transcription of part of the Zimbabwe Death Records
may have been completed!
There is now a search routine for the previously unindexed 'Zimbabwe, Death
notices, 1904-1976' ( here:
https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Zimbabwe_Civil_Regist...)
Cursory examination shows that especially unusual forenames may be mistranscribed, so it may be best to search on surname only, then browse the results.
The following comments are regarding the other resource (which has not yet been transcribed) , 'Zimbabwe, Death Registers, 1890-1977; Index to Death Register, 1892-1977' (link from the same page as given above). Forr that one still has to rely on the indexes, of which there are three.....
ie. a surname B* could be found in the 'A-B' index, or in the 'A-Z', or in
the 'Death Indexes Open files' index.
In addition all the early volumes have an individual index on the first 25-or so pages.
Having found the name in the index, you’ll have a reference, something like D.R. 20/100, which then that means you’ll find the image in Volume 20, numbered as #100.
(Those you’ll find in the folder titled ‘Death Registers’ –it’s at the bottom of the page that has the alphabetical folders.)
In 1953 they changed the filing system so that the reference is year/number not volume/number. This means that a D.R with index number D.R. 55/100 could be in #100 volume 55 or in year 1955 – you just have to look,if it’s not the one, it will be the other.
So given that you want to find D.R.20/100 you go to volume 20, and you’ll see that the volume contains say 350 pages. Type in page 125 (to jump past the volume index pages to get close to the number you want), then page or jump forward/back from there until you find the D.R that you want.
Some of the index references can’t be found in any of the online volumes, ie. three-number references like D.R. 20/100/29 just points to a list ‘Master Estate’ list, and you won’t find any files online with the index MISC, ADM, or LW.
rgds, Barry