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Sanctions on Zimbabwe are a human rights issue
The United States and her allies in the global North for a very long time, have presented, defined and projected themselves as champions of democracy and human rights defenders.Nothing could h...Published: 25 Sep 2023 at 09:18hrs | 677 | by Sam Matema
'No reason to continue favouring Zimbabweans with a special work permit'
In the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on Monday, the Department of Home Affairs argued that the government lacks a valid reason to allow the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) program to continue....Published: 21 Sep 2023 at 13:34hrs | 1316 | by Staff reporter
35,000 arrested while sneaking into South Africa; Zimbabwe tops list
The recently established Border Management Authority (BMA) in South Africa has reported that 35,000 individuals have been arrested while attempting to enter the country illegally since April 1, with Z...Published: 21 Sep 2023 at 06:20hrs | 1126 | by Staff reporter
SA-based Zimbabweans rope in Malema in poll protest
A group of disgruntled Zimbabweans living in South Africa has reached out to the opposition party Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and its leader Julius Malema, seeking support for protests scheduled f...Published: 21 Sep 2023 at 06:15hrs | 972 | by Staff reporter
Aaron Motsoaledi goes after SA court over Zimbabwe Exemption Permits
Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi is seeking leave to appeal a Gauteng High Court ruling that found his decision to terminate Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEPs) was "unlawful, unconstitutional, an...Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 06:36hrs | 2175 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans flogged at Botswana traditional court
Eight Zimbabwean immigrants were reportedly subjected to flogging at a traditional court in Botswana for illegally entering the country.According to sources in Botswana, the eight individuals ...Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 06:32hrs | 1673 | by Staff reporter
50 Malawi nationals languish in Zimbabwe prisons
Approximately 50 Malawian nationals have been held in Zimbabwean prisons for over three months due to a lack of funds for their repatriation. Most of these individuals were arrested while attempting t...Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 06:30hrs | 721 | by Staff reporter
Why Dudula hates foreigners
South African vigilante group Operation Dudula has become notorious for raiding businesses belonging to foreign nationals and forcing shops to close. BBC Africa Eye has gained rare access to members o...Published: 18 Sep 2023 at 21:02hrs | 909 | by Staff reporter
An online driver's licence verification System will solve fake licence fraud that the DVLA is experiencing
The British authorities are aware that as from the year 2000 many Zimbabweans in the United Kingdom (UK) have either a fake driver's licence or have paid thousands of dollars to be given a valid drive...Published: 11 Sep 2023 at 20:20hrs | 370 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
SADC countries to link digital fingerprint system with population registers?
The Gauteng government and regional bloc SADC [Southern African Development Community] representatives have agreed to link immigrants to the Digital Fingerprint System so that undocumented migrants ca...Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 14:53hrs | 710 | by Staff reporter
South Africa, Zimbabwe in behind the scenes talks
The South African government and the governing ANC under President Cyril Ramaphosa are engaged in new secret talks with Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa's freshly-minted administration to resol...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 18:56hrs | 1055 | by Staff reporter
Mmusi Maimane warns of Zimbabweans mass exodus 'mfecane 2'
South African opposition Build One South Africa (BOSA) leader Mmusi Maimane has warned of a mass impending exodus from Zimbabwe if the SADC observer mission election findings are not upheld.Ma...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 06:26hrs | 929 | by Staff reporter
ANC engaged in 'delicate' talks with Zanu-PF after disputed poll
South Africa's ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), is engaged in "delicate" talks with Zanu-PF in Zimbabwe following disputed elections, secretary general Fikile Mbalula has said....Published: 05 Sep 2023 at 22:04hrs | 1266 | by Staff reporter
Court application to suspend the arrest or deportation of Zimbabwe Exemption Permits holders
The Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) has brought a court application to suspend the arrest or deportation of Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEP) holders, pending an appeal by home affairs minister Aaron Mot...Published: 04 Sep 2023 at 21:20hrs | 422 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa inauguration damp squib?
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa's much-hyped inauguration in Harare today turned out to be the proverbial Shakespearean tale told by an idiot full of sound and fury signifying nothing....Published: 04 Sep 2023 at 21:13hrs | 362 | by Staff reporter
'Mass deportation' of illegal immigrants from South Africa opposed
The Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) has launched an urgent application against Home Affairs Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi and his department in the High Court to stop the "mass deportation" of illegal im...Published: 04 Sep 2023 at 20:52hrs | 298 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Communist Party elections observer report for 2023 elections
OBSERVATIONS ON THE 2023 GENERAL ELECTIONGeneralFirstly, as Communists, we do not confuse democracy with voting.The word ‘democracy' is derived from Greek and means ‘rule by the pe...Published: 04 Sep 2023 at 06:34hrs | 946 | by Central Committee of the Zimbabwe Communist Party
Sadc must provide leadership, not platitudes
AFTER brokering a peace deal that gave birth to a Government of National Unity in Zimbabwe following the disputed 2008 presidential election, and again intervening albeit reluctantly in disputed polls...Published: 31 Aug 2023 at 06:46hrs | 248 | by Staff reporter
SADC also fed up with Zanu-PF roguery
For decades, SADC countries have been playing their usual big brother role to successive Zanu-PF governments, shielding them from international condemnation for oppressive rule and corruption and alwa...Published: 26 Aug 2023 at 19:33hrs | 782 | by Simbarashe Jingo
Zimbabwean up for murder in Botswana
A 20-YEAR-OLD Zimbabwean, Methulesi Moyo, has been arraigned before Extension 2 Magistrate Court accused of killing his friend, Fortune Sibanda in Modipane, Botswana, last week.According to me...Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 06:29hrs | 549 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe suffers brain drain due to fragile political environment, faltering economy
ZIMBABWE has gone through severe economic fluctuations and deadly political violence that brought the entire economy to a standstill.Of particular mention is the 2007/8 record hyperinflation f...Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 06:28hrs | 149 | by Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Develpment
'Withdrawal of Zimbabwe Exemption Permits is discriminatory and inhumane'
New research has indicated that the biggest challenge in documenting immigrants is procedure, which increasingly excludes people who are considered 'not useful' to the South African economy.Th...Published: 14 Aug 2023 at 06:40hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Senate and PR, the maxim gun firing at Bulawayo
The Senate, Youth and PR lists for the 2023 harmonised elections in Bulawayo Province, are the newest metaphorical maxim gun whose bullets are brutally firing at the tender heart of the City of Bulawa...Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 20:03hrs | 3 | by Nhlanhla Moses Ncube (Secretary General)
600 illegal immigrants deported
NEARLY 600 illegal immigrants were arrested and deported to their countries between January and June this year, while 71 are being investigated for forging police clearances and educational qualificat...Published: 06 Aug 2023 at 08:18hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe hosting 20 000 refugees
ZIMBABWE is hosting an estimated 20 000 refugees and asylum seekers most whom are facing challenges in obtaining identity documents for children born in the country, a senior government official has s...Published: 03 Aug 2023 at 06:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe Exemption Permit termination efforts are unfair, discriminatory and ill-advised'
A new study by the Centre for Sociological Research and Practice at the University of Johannesburg has found that efforts to terminate the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit by the South African government are...Published: 02 Aug 2023 at 18:12hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Open letter to President Ramaphosa, Mnangagwa and HH
Open Letter from Dr Vusumuzi Sibanda a Constitutional and Human Rights law Practitioner and African Diaspora Global Network CEO The President of Zi...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 09:50hrs | 3 | by Dr Vusumuzi Sibanda
20 e-passport centres opened
With 20 e-passport centres already commissioned and with plans to ensure every district gets such a registry centre, that will offer all the other documentation that people need in the modern world, t...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 06:43hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Malema says Kasukuwere must be allowed to contest
Free-spoken militant South African opposition EFF leader Julius Malema says if Zimbabweans want main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa, they must vote for him without hindrances.He also says in...Published: 15 Jul 2023 at 17:10hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Greener pastures not so green for Zimbabweans in the diaspora
They have high-paying jobs, a high standard of living, and almost everything they need, but for Zimbabweans abroad, all that glitters is not gold.Twenty-eight-year-old Gift Gonye, based in Ger...Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 08:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Reprieve for Zimbabwean immigrants in SA
A South African High Court has ruled that it was "unlawful, unconstitutional and invalid" for the country's Home Affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi to terminate the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP)....Published: 28 Jun 2023 at 20:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe exemption permit termination ruled unlawful
The decision by the Minister of Home Affairs to terminate the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit programme has been declared unlawful, unconstitutional and invalid.Three judges, sitting as a full ben...Published: 28 Jun 2023 at 20:29hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Termination of Zimbabwean Exemption Permit declared unlawful, unconstitutional and invalid
The decision by the Minister of Home Affairs to terminate the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit programme has been declared unlawful, unconstitutional and invalid.Three judges, sitting as a full ben...Published: 28 Jun 2023 at 20:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ndebele 'king' engages SA police over xenophobia
Ndebele king Bulelani Collins Khumalo has engaged South African police over sporadic xenophobic attacks against Zimbabwean immigrants in that country.Three Zimbabweans were killed recently in ...Published: 27 Jun 2023 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
UK spurns Zimbabwe metal driver's licences?
THE UK's Driver's Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) is refusing to convert the licences saying the old metal licences no longer meet the criteria set by the Central Vehicle Registry (CVR) in Zimbabwe...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 06:48hrs | 83 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa kicks off campaign
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday kicked off his campaign ahead of the August 23 elections by addressing Zimbabweans in neighbouring South Africa whom he asked to ret...Published: 25 Jun 2023 at 09:39hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Tshwane residents to embark on week-long protest against immigration
Residents of Tshwane will on Monday morning begin a week-long mass protest against illegal immigrants living in South Africa.Residents say they have had enough of illegal immigrants operating ...Published: 18 Jun 2023 at 15:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean migrants slam SA
LEGAL counsels representing about 170 000 Zimbabwean Exemption Permit Holders (ZEP) in South Africa yesterday said Pretoria's aborted plan to send them home was illegal.Simba Chitando, who rep...Published: 09 Jun 2023 at 06:51hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwean Exemption Permits extension due to influx of applications'
SOUTH Africa's Home Affairs minister Aaron Motsoeledi has said they extended the application period for Zimbabwean Exemption Permits (Zeps) to December due to an influx of applicants.This come...Published: 09 Jun 2023 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cabinet approves National Migration Policy
CABINET has approved the National Migration Policy whose thrust will inform the number of Zimbabweans in the diaspora and their contributions to the country through remittances. The policy wil...Published: 31 May 2023 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube says currency manipulators won't rest
Currency manipulators and economic saboteurs will always be lurking about looking for opportunities and loopholes to unjustly profiteer but authorities will also be always ready to institute measures ...Published: 31 May 2023 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
8 000 SA returnees expected home soon
At least 8 000 migrants who registered to return home ahead of the expiry of the Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEP) in South Africa on June 30, are expected any time soon, with the Government confirming...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean prisoners in SA want to be paroled and repatriated
A campaign has kicked off to repatriate thousands of Zimbabwean prisoners eligible for parole.A letter sent by attorneys representing the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit Holders Association (Zepha) ...Published: 23 May 2023 at 21:22hrs | | by Ciara Ryan
SA opposition adds voice to ZEP saga
SOUTH Africa's opposition African People First (APF) party has backed calls to renew Zimbabwe exemption permits in that country who hail from Matabeleland citing historical ties.APF said this ...Published: 11 May 2023 at 05:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pregnant immigrants turned away from Joburg clinics
Priscilla Tumira from Zimbabwe thinks she is eight months pregnant, but she has not had any prenatal health care. Without valid documents, Tumira says, staff at Jeppe and Hillbrow Clinics in Johannesb...Published: 10 May 2023 at 06:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
SA's scrap of special work permits, Zimbabwe migrants will be exposed
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 li...Published: 28 Apr 2023 at 07:03hrs | | by The Conversation
'Zimbabwean Exemption Permit holders face irreparable harm'
Advocate Thembeka Ngcukaitobi has argued that the holders of the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit will suffer irreparable harm should the Department of Home Affairs terminate the programme.Ngcukait...Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 19:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man killed by SA
A 23-year-old man who was last week shot and killed by a South African soldier at Limpopo River where he was allegedly assisting irregular migrants and smugglers will be buried in Bulawayo tomorrow....Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 19:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Why is South Africa not renewing 160,000 Zimbabwean work permits?
Thousands of Zimbabweans living in South Africa face an uncertain future and possible deportation before a June 2023 expiration of their work permits, following an announcement by the home government ...Published: 12 Apr 2023 at 08:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Helen Suzman Foundation slams decision to terminate Zimbabwean Exemption Permits
The fate of more than 178,000 Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) holders and their families is being decided this week in the Pretoria High Court as the 30 June deadline for the expiry of the permit sy...Published: 12 Apr 2023 at 08:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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