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Zimbabwe Exemption Permit extension a temporary relief but ....
EMILY Machingauta (44), a Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (Zep) holder, has welcomed the decision by the government of South Africa to grant a two-year extension to Zimbabwean permit holders.The wai...Published: 15 Apr 2024 at 06:06hrs | 18 | by Sally Nyakanyanga
Zimbabwe Exemption Permit Expiry: There are legal alternatives for Zim nationals and their employers
For the many Zimbabwean nationals living in South Africa - and their employers - the upcoming expiry date for the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP), has been a cause for major concern.The ZEP wa...Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 10:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Embassy rolls out documentation of Zimbabweans in Botswana
THE Zimbabwean Embassy in Botswana has joined hands with the neighbouring country's government to rollout a comprehensive documentation exercise for immigrants in order to regularise their stay and en...Published: 03 Nov 2022 at 05:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Aaron Motsoaledi says no further extensions of Zimbabwe Exemption Permits
SOUTH Africa's Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says there will be no forever extensions for the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit. This follows an announcement by Motsoaledi that the validity of the pe...Published: 04 Sep 2022 at 15:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
South Africa to ban foreigners from starting businesses in some sectors
Government will introduce new employment quotas on foreign workers, as well as ban foreigners from starting small businesses in some sectors.On Monday, Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nx...Published: 01 Mar 2022 at 08:58hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans told to leave South Africa ?
Thousands of Zimbabweans recently given 12 months to leave South Africa have suffered a double whammy after a "cruel" decision by Zimbabwean authorities which will rob them of a chance to enjoy the Ne...Published: 31 Dec 2021 at 00:14hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
SA outlines new Zimbabwe permits roadmap
SOUTH Africa's Department of Home Affairs yesterday outlined the road map to be followed by Zimbabweans who hold special dispensation permits in migrating to mainstream permits in the next 12 months....Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 05:35hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
SA exemption permits latest
Zimbabweans holding special dispensation permits for living in South Africa must be allowed to travel freely in and out of South Africa next year and be given normal services so long as they have appl...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 05:20hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Cosatu making attempts to negotiate for Zimbabwean migrants
THE Congress of South African Unions (Cosatu) has revealed plans to engage the government on behalf of Zimbabweans that are likely to be deported due to expiry of the Special Dispensation Permits (ZSP...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 05:37hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans fret over SA decision on permits
The decision by South Africa's Cabinet on Wednesday last week to discontinue the issuance of Zimbabwean special dispensation permits has raised anxiety among many locals living in that country who hav...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 05:31hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans in SA panic over permits
Zimbabweans in South Africa are in limbo over the fate of their exemption permits that are set to expire in December this year, as the South African government is mum on the way forward.Althou...Published: 30 Oct 2021 at 15:36hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
250,000 special permits Zimbabweans seek South African citizenship
Nearly a quarter of a million Zimbabweans who were issued temporary residence permits in South Africa since 2009 are asking a court to grant them permanent residence, a pathway to citizenship....Published: 22 Oct 2021 at 20:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans edgy over delayed SA permits renewal
CLOSE to 198 000 diasporans using Zimbabwean Special Dispensation permits (ZSDP) in South Africa have been unsettled by the host country's delays in renewing their permits.The Zimbabweans unde...Published: 28 Sep 2021 at 06:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Anxiety as Zimbabweans' permits expire in December
SOUTH Africa has not said a word regarding the status of Zimbabweans staying in that country under the Zimbabwean Special Dispensation Permits (ZSDP) which are set to expire in December.Zimbab...Published: 11 Sep 2021 at 12:49hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
SA has 3 weeks to process permits for Zimbabweans
The processing and dispatching of exemption permits for Zimbabweans living and working in South Africa should be completed in the next two to three weeks, the South African Ministry of Home Affairs ha...Published: 20 Nov 2018 at 19:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans in South Africa given a reprieve
Zimbabwean ambassador to South Africa Cde Isaac Moyo has hailed the extension of the period given to Zimbabweans on special permits to apply for the Zimbabwe Exemption Permits granted in August this y...Published: 13 Nov 2017 at 11:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans race against time for SA work permits
THOUSANDS of Zimbabweans have to queue for hours in a desperate race against time to retain their legal status in South Africa.An estimated 200,000 working Zimbabweans in South Africa use lega...Published: 07 Nov 2017 at 12:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zim consulate warns of bogus permits agencies in SA
The Zimbabwe Consulate in South Africa is urging Zimbabweans wishing to work or stay in that country to be wary of bogus agencies who claim to facilitate processing of special permits.Bogus ag...Published: 21 Aug 2017 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans applaud SA cabinet for approving renewal of special dispensation permits
Zimbabwe Community has applauded South African cabinet for approving the renewal of the Special Dispensation permits for Zimbabweans in that country."As we announced previously, the cabinet ap...Published: 16 Aug 2017 at 08:06hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe engages SA over permits
THE Government has started engaging South African authorities over permits for Zimbabweans which are set to expire in December.At least 200 000 Zimbabweans in South Africa face deportation whe...Published: 17 Jul 2017 at 06:34hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans in SA urged to renew permits before expiry date
UNCERTAINTY has gripped thousands of Zimbabweans based in South Africa after the host country announced on Wednesday that all special dispensation permits issued since 2009 are expiring on December 31...Published: 29 May 2017 at 07:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Illegal Zimbabwean miners feared dead in SA shaft explosion
ZIMBABWEANS are feared to be among the people who died in a blast that happened at a disused mine in South Africa where 29 bodies have been retrieved while 11 people were rescued.The accident ...Published: 19 May 2017 at 06:42hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Relief for Zimbabweans in SA
The Minister of Home Affairs, Dr Ignatius Chombo says Zimbabweans working in South Africa under the Zimbabwe Special Dispensation Permits which expire on the 31st of December, will only be able to...Published: 21 Mar 2017 at 12:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to engage SA on permits
HOME Affairs Minister Dr Ignatius Chombo is set to travel to South Africa on Friday next week to engage his counterpart Malusi Gigaba on how best to assist Zimbabweans in that country under the Zi...Published: 11 Mar 2017 at 08:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, SA in talks over special dispensation Permits
Zimbabwe's Consul–General in South Africa, Henry Mukonoweshuro says discussions are still underway with South African government on the way forward regarding Zimbabwean special dispensation visa...Published: 13 Feb 2017 at 15:50hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
SA announces end to special dispensation for Zimbabweans
SOUTH Africa has announced that Zimbabweans who acquired permits under special dispensation will have to follow the normal channel of applying for work and study visas when their permits expire in...Published: 10 Feb 2017 at 05:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
South Africa to deport Zimbabweans
South Africa is preparing to kick out close to 200 000 Zimbabweans by year end.That would be after the expiry of their special dispensation permits on December 31 this year.According t...Published: 06 Feb 2017 at 01:12hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabweans under ZSP have to look for other options, says Gigaba
THE almost 200 000 Zimbabweans currently on permits issued under the Zimbabwean Special Permit (ZSP) project have to seek alternative permits if they wish to extend their work, study or stay...Published: 08 Sep 2016 at 07:30hrs | 1 | by ANA
South Africa to dish out work visas to Zimbabweans
Zimbabweans in South Africa are set to get a lifeline to continue working, studying or running their businesses in that country following negotiations between Harare and Tshwane that will see an i...Published: 20 Mar 2016 at 17:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Migrant organizations lambasts SA govt over handling of ZSDP permits
Migrant organisations have lambasted the government for its handling of the application process of the Zimbabwean Special Dispensation permits. THis came at a time when hundreds of Zimbab...Published: 06 Sep 2015 at 08:20hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe Dispensation Permits collection close on 30 September 2015
Deadline for Zimbabwe Special Dispensation Permits collection has been set for September 30, 2015. An advisory in Yesterday's newspapers in South Africa all permits not collected will be retu...Published: 15 Aug 2015 at 12:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans fear SA deportation
CAPE TOWN - The immigrant rights group People Against Suffering Oppression and Poverty (Passop) is concerned that hundreds of Zimbabweans are being told to leave South Africa imminently.Passop...Published: 06 Aug 2015 at 10:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter I DM
ZSP problems for Zimbabweans in SA
Some prospective holders of the Zimbabwe special Dispensation Permits face a bleak future here, after they were recently given 10 days to leave the country.As South Africa began issuing the ZS...Published: 08 Mar 2015 at 19:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabweans in SA fear Zanu PF,' says Mohadi
Some Zimbabweans in South Africa did not get special dispensation permits when these were introduced in 2010 as they thought it was meant to identify them for persecution by the ruling party, Zanu-P...Published: 08 Jan 2015 at 18:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Confusion over special permits for Zimbabweans in South Africa
Zimbabweans who applied but did not get the first special dispensation permits rolled out by the South African government in 2010 could number well above 30,000, and a greater number could miss out ag...Published: 15 Nov 2014 at 18:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Thousands of Zimbabweans could miss out on SA permits
Zimbabweans who applied but did not get the first special dispensation permits rolled out by the South African government in 2010 could number well above 30,000. And a greater number could miss ou...Published: 13 Nov 2014 at 20:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Booking problems for ZSP applicants
JOHANNESBURG - Zimbabweans have continued to encounter technical problems as they try to renew their special dispensation permits in South Africa.While the problem of slow internet they en...Published: 06 Nov 2014 at 09:42hrs | 1 | by Mkhululi Chimoio
4,000 Zimbabweans languish in SA prisons
Close to 4 000 Zimbabweans are languishing in South Africa's prisons for various crimes varying from theft, fraud to murder, the Zimbabwe Community in South Africa (ZCSA) director, Ngqabutho Mabhena, ...Published: 30 Aug 2014 at 08:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Special Dispensation permits launched in SA
REMARKS BY MINISTER MALUSI GIGABA, ON THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE ZIMBABWEAN SPECIAL DISPENSATION PERMIT IN PRETORIA, 12 AUGUST, 2014Details P...Published: 12 Aug 2014 at 12:31hrs | 4 | by Malusi Gigaba
D-Day for Zimbabweans in SA
Zimbabweans living in South Africa, who are holders of the specially dispensed work permits, will know their fate today when South African Home Affairs minister, Malusi Gigaba, is expected to announce...Published: 12 Aug 2014 at 07:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA to renew all Zimbabwe dispensation permits
The South African cabinet has agreed to renew nearly all permits issued under the Zimbabwe Documentation Project.The work, business and study permits rolled out in 2010 have begun to expire, a...Published: 31 Jul 2014 at 21:02hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
SA permit facilitation centres not for Zim permits
South Africa's Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba launched SA visa and permit facilitation centres in all nine provinces today. The department appointed Visa Facilitation Services Globa...Published: 14 Jul 2014 at 18:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans in South Africa exposed to permits renewal manipulation
Couple of months before special permits issued to Zimbabweans living in South Africa by the South African government four years ago, several dubious Immigration Agents have emerged in South Africa...Published: 18 Jun 2014 at 10:12hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Organisation begins Zim - SA permit renewal engagement
A new organisation based in Johannesburg has started engaging the authorities in South Africa, seeking a commitment that permits granted to Zimbabweans under a special dispensation period, will be re...Published: 10 Jun 2014 at 19:32hrs | 2 | by Alex Bell
Zimbabweans 'worst affected' by changing SA immigration laws
The sweeping changes to South Africa's immigration laws, which came into effect this week, are set to have the biggest impact on the hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans working there.There ha...Published: 30 May 2014 at 19:00hrs | 1 | by Alex Bell
Clarity on SA Permit issues
CLARITY ON MEDIA REPORTS: It has come to our attention that the Zimbabwean media has reported that the Migrant Workers Association South Africa wants to...Published: 26 Mar 2014 at 11:23hrs | | by Butholezwe Nyathi
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