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South Africa: Zimbabweans, Basotho With Exemption Permits Can Stay in South Africa Until 2025
allAfrica, 1 December 2023
Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi announced that Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) and Lesotho Exemption Permit (LEP) holders may remain in South African until the end of… Read more »
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South Africa: Kicking the Can Down the Road - The Zimbabwean Exemption Permit Saga Continues
Daily Maverick, 5 December 2023
There are about 178,000 Zimbabwean Exemption Permit holders. When factoring in the children, and dependent family members accompanying the permit holders, the number of affected… Read more »
More Time in South Africa for Zimbabweans, Basotho With Permits
The change comes after December 31, 2023, was denoted as the expiration of the ZEP programme, which would have affected over 178,000 Zimbabweans. "I call upon all the affected Lesotho and Zimbabwean nationals to make use of the window of opportunity to apply for new exemption permits through VFS Global," allAfrica's Andre van Wyk reports Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi as saying.
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An urgent application brought by the Helen Suzman Foundation to protect the rights of Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) holders was dismissed by the Pretoria High Court on Tuesday ... Read more »
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South Africa's Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi will appeal a decision by three judges sitting as a full bench in the Pretoria High Court, who ruled that his decision to ... Read more »
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South Africa's Home Affairs Minister, Aaron Motsoaledi, has extended the Zimbabwean Exemption Permits (ZEP) for six more months. The ZEP will now be valid until December 31, ... Read more »
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The High Court in Pretoria has reserved judgment in the case brought by the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit Holders (ZEPHA) and other civil society organisations against the ... Read more »
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Thousands of Zimbabweans who were due for deportation at the expiry of their residence permits in December have been given a six-month grace period to regularise their stay. ... Read more »
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Zimbabwe and South Africa will work together to find a common solution on the Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEP) that are due to expire at the end of 2022, Africa MoyoRead more »
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From 1 January 2023, hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans and their children will no longer be able to live, work and go to school legally in the republic, writes Tariro Read more »
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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 ... Read more »
