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Zimbabweans shielded from arrest in South Africa
The Supreme Court of Appeal has dismissed with costs the Department of Home Affairs' attempt to overturn an interim interdict, previously granted in favour of the Zimbabwe Immigration Federation, prot...Published: 10 Jun 2025 at 10:02hrs | 1235 | by Staff reporter
Illegal miners invade Rhodes Estate in Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwean Government has deployed security and environmental agencies to the Rhodes Estate in the Matopos National Park following growing concerns over illegal gold mining activities that are thr...Published: 30 Jan 2025 at 06:53hrs | 361 | by Staff reporter
SA insurance companies crackdown on foreign truck drivers
Foreign truck drivers working for South African freight companies are required to have valid working permits and if they do not, insurance companies are legally not obliged to pay out claims in the ev...Published: 01 Oct 2024 at 09:47hrs | 723 | by Staff reporter
South Africa to consult over Zimbabweans facing deportation
South Africa's Department of Home Affairs has announced plans to consult on the future of approximately 230,000 Zimbabwean and Lesotho migrants after a court halted their deportation attempts, reports...Published: 19 Jul 2024 at 19:38hrs | 3610 | by Staff Reporter
SA govt called to stop exploitation of Zimbabwe domestic workers
The Africa Diaspora Forum (ADF) says Zimbabwean domestic workers should be granted special permits because they work for South African families that cannot afford to pay the minimum wage.The f...Published: 21 Jan 2024 at 09:01hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Activist condemns SA for ending permits for Zimbabwean nationals
ENDING permits for Zimbabweans and Basotho nationals living in South Africa is unconstitutional and sets a bad precedent for the country's democracy.This is according to the spokesperson of th...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 10:40hrs | 11 | 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 | 2 | by Staff reporter
Children born in South Africa to foreign parents not automatically entitled to SA citizenship
A court has found that children born in South Africa to foreign national parents do not automatically entitle them to South African citizenship.The court then turned down an application by Zim...Published: 05 Sep 2023 at 22:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'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 | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe says it was willing to welcome back its citizens from South Africa
The Zimbabwean government said it had taken note of the judgment by the High Court in Pretoria which ruled that the Department of Home Affairs' decision to summarily terminate the Zimbabwean Exemption...Published: 30 Jun 2023 at 14:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans in SA fear attacks as permits expire
Zimbabweans living and working on the North Coast on the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) fear possible xenophobic attacks or hate crimes against them come the end of June, following the announcement...Published: 11 May 2023 at 05:37hrs | | 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
ZEP holders not keen on Zimbabwe return
ZIMBABWEANS that are facing deportation from South Africa after the expiry of their special permits in June are not taking the government's offer to register for assistance to return home voluntarily,...Published: 27 Apr 2023 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA High Court reserves ruling in Zimbabwe Exemption Permit case
A full bench in the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has reserved its ruling in the African Amity and the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit Holders Association's application for a notice to amend the relief s...Published: 15 Apr 2023 at 20:59hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
'Home Affairs decision to terminate Zimbabwean Exemption Permit is invalid'
Advocate Steven Budlender has argued that Home Affairs Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi's decision to terminate the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) is invalid as it did not follow proper protocol....Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 19:40hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'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
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 | 5 | by Staff reporter
SA court to decide ZEP holders' fate this week
ZIMBABWE Exemption Permit (ZEP) holders in South Africa will this week learn of their fate when their case is heard by a full bench at Pretoria High Court starting today.The full bench will he...Published: 12 Apr 2023 at 08:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Counselling for SA returnees
GOVERNMENT has started equipping frontline workers, who will assist an estimated 170 000 holders of the Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEP), with counselling and psychosocial skills which will assist in ...Published: 05 Apr 2023 at 11:54hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans returning from SA battling to make ends meet
The Zimbabwean government says it has put in place a range of measures to help Zimbabweans returning from South Africa. But many say they are battling to make ends meet.Faced with the expiry o...Published: 30 Mar 2023 at 06:48hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Mini census as Zimbabwe prepares for South Africa returnees
GOVERNMENT is undertaking a mini census on the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) holders in South Africa to determine the total number of those that will be expatriated back home.South Africa ha...Published: 30 Mar 2023 at 06:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
I left Zimbabwe to live in South Africa. I want to go back. This is why it's hard
Many South Africans wonder why so many of us Zimbabweans came to be settled in their country, and wonder why we do not simply return to our homeland.This is my story - about my rural homestead...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 06:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge ready for Zimbabwe Exemption Permit returnees
All officials in Beitbridge are ready to handle an anticipated increased human traffic at the border to facilitate a smooth return of their fellow countrymen at the expiry of the Zimbabwe Exemption Pe...Published: 15 Mar 2023 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa regime sees lithium as Zimbabwe's get-out-of-jail card
High demand for minerals in lithium, driven by ion batteries for electric vehicles and other green technologies, may be Zimbabwe's sanctions get-out-of-jail card — or a get-rich-quick card for Zanu-...Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 07:50hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe rolls outreach programme to engage South Africa returnees
GOVERNMENT has rolled out the second phase of engaging citizens in South Africa as part of finalising the process of a smooth return of Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) holders.The Zimbabwe Emb...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 05:31hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe embassy prepares for return of SA permit holders
THE Government has rolled out the second phase of engaging citizens in South Africa as part of finalising the process of a smooth return of Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) holders.The Zimbabwe...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 05:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bleak future for Zimbabwe's returning citizens
ZIMBABWEANS expected to return from South Africa in four months' time after the expiry of the Zimbabwean Exemption Permits (ZEPs) face a bleak future as the government has failed to put in place socia...Published: 27 Feb 2023 at 15:52hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ready to welcome 178 000 locals from South Africa
MORE than 178 000 Zimbabweans are expected back home from South Arica after the expiry of the Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEP) in June this year.The imminent return of Zimbabweans, who have be...Published: 26 Feb 2023 at 09:12hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
SA faces largest exodus of Zimbabweans
A country which was once looked at as a place of refuge and possible safe haven for Zimbabwean nationals, is gearing up for what is expected to be one of the largest exoduses of Zimbabweans this year....Published: 10 Feb 2023 at 05:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Reflecting on the export ban for raw lithium
Through Statutory Instrument 213 of 2022 (Referend to as Base Minerals Export Control for unbeneficiated Lithium Bearing Ores), Zimbabwe banned the export of raw lithium from the country. The regulati...Published: 31 Jan 2023 at 09:12hrs | 4 | by Victor Bhoroma
'Why was Army granted licence to export lithium ore?' - Not because ZDI is on sanctions, there're no investors
"Embattled state arms manufacturer, the Zimbabwe Defence Industries (ZDI) has been controversially granted a special permit to export raw lithium by the government, a decision expected to inject life ...Published: 17 Jan 2023 at 19:21hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Zimbabwe military gets permit to export raw lithium
EMBATTLED state arms manufacturer, the Zimbabwe Defence Industries (ZDI) has been controversially granted a special permit to export raw lithium by the government, a decision expected to inject life i...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 16:28hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe schools ready to absorb children of ZEP permit holders
MOST schools re-opened smoothly yesterday countrywide with the Government saying it is ready to reintegrate children of Zimbabweans based in South Africa into the country's education system when they ...Published: 10 Jan 2023 at 18:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'SA mass deportation pile pressure on Zimbabwe'
THE scheduled mass deportation of Zimbabweans living in South Africa in June 2023 is anticipated to increase pressure on the infrastructure of this country, including the health care sector, experts s...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 18:33hrs | 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
Duty-free facility for citizens returning from SA
Thousands of Zimbabweans returning home from South Africa after failing to have their exemption permits upgraded to normal immigrant visas can now bring back all their belongings duty-free, including ...Published: 02 Nov 2022 at 05:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe on the brink of its biggest wheat harvest in history
Zimbabwe says it is on the brink of its biggest wheat harvest in history, thanks in large part to efforts to overcome food supply problems caused by the war in Ukraine. But bush fires and impending ra...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 19:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
No hope for Zimbabwe Exemption Permit holders?
THE National Employers' Association of South Africa (NEASA) has called on its members to check Zimbabwean employees' documentation ahead of the expiry of the Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEPs) in Decem...Published: 01 Oct 2022 at 18:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Operation Dudula challenges ZEP extension
SELF-APPOINTED illegal immigrant watchdog Operation Dudula says it is heading to the apex court to interdict the Home Affairs minister's extension of Zimbabwean Exemption Permits (ZEP).Zandile...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 06:47hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
SA extends validity of Zimbabwe exemption permits for a further 6 months
The South Africa Home Affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi has extended the validity of exemption permits for Zimbabweans to 30 June next year.The initial expiry date for the permits was 31 Decem...Published: 02 Sep 2022 at 19:17hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Anxiety grips Zimbabwe Exemption Permit holders
THE Government has reaffirmed its commitment to assist thousands of Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) holders who are living in South Africa as the 31 December deadline for the expiry of the special per...Published: 28 Aug 2022 at 08:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
ANC cannot continue treating Zanu-PF with kid gloves
SOUTH Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC) should once again confront its sister revolutionary party Zanu-PF over the escalating immigration crisis across the Limpopo, with analysts sayi...Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 20:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
The day South Africa closes the border
THE past two decades have seen over 1,5 million Zimbabweans migrate to South Africa as economic refugees. Most of the refugees are unskilled and, therefore, directly compete with locals for menial job...Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 06:20hrs | 1 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
No hope for Zimbabwe Exemption Permits holders
THE National Employers' Association of South Africa (NEASA) has called on its members to check Zimbabwean employees' documentation ahead of the expiry of the Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEPs) in Decem...Published: 26 Aug 2022 at 20:49hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
South Africa plans to end most special permits for foreigners
South Africa plans to end most special permits for foreigners as it revamps its immigration policies to manage an influx of economic migrants.The government announced that a special dispensati...Published: 26 Aug 2022 at 20:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Exemption Permit holders need to be more serious
IT is now just about four months before South Africa slams the door on about 180 000 Zimbabweans in that country who are holders of Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEPs) that were first issued in 2009 to ...Published: 24 Aug 2022 at 06:48hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
SA employers of Zimbabwean permit holders told to make preparations as grace period approaches
South African employers of Zimbabwean nationals using the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) are advised to start making preparations ahead of December, 2022.Cabinet's decision to end special p...Published: 23 Aug 2022 at 07:27hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe special permit: Less than 4% have made representations to SA govt
Less than four percent of Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) holders have made representations to the Department of Home Affairs to say why their documents should not be terminated later this year....Published: 23 Aug 2022 at 06:33hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe will welcome you back home, minister tells ZEP holders
ZIMBABWE's Foreign Affairs minister Fredrick Shava says government is ready to welcome fellow citizens who fail to meet requirements to obtain South African permits to remain in that country.S...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 18:09hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
South Africa hosts Zimbabwe's foreign minister
Zimbabwe's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Frederick Shava is leading his country's delegation in Pretoria, attending the mid-term review of the Bi-National Commission (BNC) at the...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 18:10hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
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