As such, the exemption afforded protection as they await the outcome of their applications, Motsoaledi said. The extension comes as a temporary relief to Zep holders who were anxious after the permits were not extended in 2021. Organisations such as the Helen Suzman Foundation and Zimbabwe Exempt...
Source:Termination of Zimbabwean Exemption Permits smacks of xenophobia, says Helen Suzman Foundation. A firestorm of xenophobic threats is still just hot air as the Helen Suzman Foundation pushes ahead to challenge Home Affairs’ decision to terminate the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit. ...
Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister, Professor Paul Mavima is set to meet his South African counterpart to map the way forward regarding holders of Zimbabwe exemption permits. He revealed the meeting is organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade and is expec...
EXEMPTION (Law)DISPENSATIONS (Law)ZIMBABWEANSIMMIGRATION lawVIOLENCEIn 2010, the South African government regularised undocumented Zimbabwean migrants through a special amnesty programme called Dispensation Zimbabwe Programme (DZP) and the permits issued under its remit were valid fro...
South African Home Affairs Department has reported that the department still has over 3 000 Zimbabwe Exemption Permits outcomes that have not been collected by applicants.In a circulating message, the department said all those that have applied and did not get feedback are kindly requested to take...
The study was carried out within the context of respite1 for Zimbabwe Exemption Permits holders. The respite for Zimbabwe Exemption Permit holders was to terminate on 31 December 2022. Narrative interviews were carried out with ten purposively selected participants. The data were analysed...
245 000 permits were issued, with the balance being denied due to lack of passports or non-fulfilment of other requirements. The permits were valid for four years. In 2014, the DZP was renamed the Zimbabwe Special Permit (ZSP); and then in 2017 renamed the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP)...
Opposing the application, Home Affairs Director-General Livhuwani Makhode said the minister was "not closed" to issuing further directives regarding the permits, if circumstances dictated. He said permit holders who had applied for waivers and other visas would be protected as long as their applic...
THE South African Cabinet will soon announce a decision on the renewal of the Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEP) for nearly 180 000 Zimbabweans based in the neighbouring country. Zimbabweans have benefitted from special permits since 2010 when the Dispensation of Zimbabweans Project (DZP) was int...
Some Zimbabweans who are waiting for their new Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) have found their South African bank accounts blocked.The former Zimbabwe Special Permits (ZSP) expired on 31 December last year and holders were allowed to apply for the new ZEP from January 2018.In a statement ...