The board will provide input on the future of the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit, the new minister said in his budget speech
Waivers for ZEP holders allegedly contain the incorrect information
Helen Suzman Foundation argues if reprieve is not granted, the government is likely to deport Zimbabweans en masse at the end of the year
The home affairs minister’s decision was unconstitutional and procedurally unfair, the Pretoria high court found
The ZEP is extended until the end of June 2024
The permit, which has allowed tens of thousands of Zimbabweans to live, work and study in South Africa, was initially to be terminated in December 2022
The Helen Suzman Foundation argued in court this week that the home affairs minister mislead permit holders and failed to give them a fair chance to regularise their status
I had to leave Zimbabwe because I could not support my family. I have lived legally in South Africa but now I will be forced to return to poverty
Zimbabweans to set up businesses without being required to first invest R5-million in South Africa, and the study permit was just that; a permit that allowed Zimbabweans to live and study in South Africa until the end of their studies.