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The South African government has extended the validity of Zimbabwean exemption permits due to expire on June 30 for another 6 months. Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi announced the extension to give permit holders time to apply for visas and waiver provided under immigration law. During this extension period, holders of valid exemption permits will

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The permit holders can now apply for a general worker’s visa, to be granted at the discretion of the department’s director general.

Hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans have flocked to South Africa to escape economic hardship since the 1990s. The South African government has, since 2010, gra...

Holders could not change the conditions of the permit in South Africa. Similar exemptions were previously granted to people from Lesotho and Angolan refugees.

 did not grant them the right to permanent residence — irrespective of how long they had been in the country; and

Hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans have flocked to South Africa to escape economic hardship since the 1990s. The South African government has, since 2010, granted the migrants a special permit to live and work in the country. It’s latest iteration is the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit. Now the government says the permit has run its course

None of the almost 180 000 Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) holders have made a formal request to the Zimbabwean Embassy to facilitate their return home yet.

Hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans have flocked to South Africa to escape economic hardship since the 1990s. The South African government has, since 2010, granted the migrants a special permit to live and work in the country. It’s latest iteration is the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit. Now the government says the permit has run its course and wants to scrap it. This has sparked fears that the move will jeopardise the lives of the permit holders and their dependants. The Conversation Africa&rs...