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South Africa: Scrapping Zim Permit Will Cause Humanitarian Crisis, Warn Activists
GroundUp, 28 February 2022
Last year the South African cabinet said it will not renew a permit it used to regularise Zimbabweans living in the country. Read more »
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Southern Africa: South Africa Scraps Critical Skills' Permits
New Zimbabwe, 2 February 2022
Zimbabwean and other foreign students who studied at South African universities and colleges under critical skills areas will no longer have the automatic permanent residency… Read more »
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South Africa: Zimbabwe Embassy Tells Zimbabweans to Be Vigilant
The Herald, 26 January 2022
The Embassy of Zimbabwe in South Africa has advised Zimbabweans in that country to be extra vigilant and law abiding. Read more »
Scrapping Zimbabwe Permit Risks Humanitarian Crisis - Activists
About 50 human rights organisations have written to South African Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi expressing concerns over the humanitarian impact by choosing to not renew a permit used to regularise Zimbabweans living in the country, Tariro Washinyira of GroundUp reports.
Nearly 180,000 Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) holders living in South Africa face deportation at the end of 2022 if they are unable to find an alternative permission-of-stay. Most ZEP holders are unlikely to qualify for the critical skills list published on 2 February 2022 by the Minister of Home Affairs.
They say the grace period cabinet announced in November 2021 is too short for them to uproot their lives. The ZEP was introduced in 2017, replacing a series of predecessor permits that had regularised Zimbabweans living in South Africa since 2010.
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The Cabinet of the South African government announced On November 25, 2021 that the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) which expires on December 31, 2021 will not be renewed. ... Read more »
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The Pretoria High Court has dismissed an urgent application by interest groups and holders of the special Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) to revoke a decision not to exte Read more »
