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'Scrapping of Zimbabwean Exemption Permits will cause a humanitarian crisis'
With just a few weeks left until the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (Zep) expire, civil rights organisations have requested the department of home affairs to extend the deadline, warning that this was cr...Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 16:10hrs | 820 | by Staff reporter
Xenophobic SA MEC loses in bid to quash inquiry into her 'killing my health system' rant
Limpopo MEC for Health Dr Pophi Ramathuba has failed in her attempt to put a stop to a Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) inquiry into comments she made to a Zimbabwean patient when sh...Published: 03 Jun 2023 at 08:21hrs | 815 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa addresses Malawians in fluent Chewa
President Mnangagwa, who was in Malawi on a three-day State visit this week, proved his statesmanship when he surprised his Malawian audience by addressing them in fluent Chewa, leaving them thrilled....Published: 03 Jun 2023 at 08:16hrs | 831 | 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 | 576 | 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 | 341 | by Staff reporter
Panic grips Zimbabweans in SA
Two civil society organisations have made a last minute request to the South African government to extend the Zimbabwean Exemption Permits (Zep), which are due to expire on June 30.South Afric...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:10hrs | 2649 | 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 | 443 | by Ciara Ryan
Xenophobic xx-Jo'burg mayor says he is not xenophobic
PROMINENT South African opposition leader Herman Mashaba, who was verbally pelted for linking foreigners to criminal activities in South Africa, says he made the remarks in the hope of fixing pro...Published: 25 Apr 2023 at 06:35hrs | 1055 | by Staff reporter
SA High Court bars hospitals from turning away foreigners
The Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg on Friday upheld the rights of all pregnant and lactating women, as well as children under six, to be provided with free health services at public hospitals. It ...Published: 22 Apr 2023 at 19:09hrs | 496 | by Staff reporter
Twitter threats to litigants in Zimbabwean Exemption Permit court case
Litigants in the court case to stop the scrapping of the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) have received threats on Twitter. Archive photo: Tariro WashinyiraThe director of the Helen Suzman Fo...Published: 19 Apr 2023 at 15:54hrs | 631 | by Ashraf Hendricks
Zimbabwean lecturers told that their services are no longer required in SA
Several Zimbabwean and Lesotho lecturers on exemption permits that allow them to live and work in SA, have been told their services are no longer required by the Department of Higher Education (DHE)....Published: 17 Mar 2023 at 08:08hrs | 3407 | by Staff reporter
South African based Mozambican Herman Mashaba threatens terror on Zimbabwean officials
SOUTH African opposition party leader Herman Mashaba has fired a salvo again at Zanu-PF saying his party will push for Zimbabwe's ruling party officials to be barred from the neighbouring country if h...Published: 14 Mar 2023 at 19:11hrs | 2526 | by Staff reporter
SA's health council slams xenophobic Limpopo health MEC for berating Zimbabwean patient
Limpopo health MEC Phophi Ramathuba has been reprimanded by the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) for shouting at a Zimbabwean patient in a Limpopo provincial hospital in August....Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:42hrs | 475 | 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 | 17254 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: 'Stop chasing people from South Africa' Jeys Marabini says
Award winning musician Jeys Marabini has used an impromptu rendition with Ivory Sikepe to plead with Africans to unite and realise that they are a beautiful people with a wealth of inheritance. ...Published: 09 Feb 2023 at 11:41hrs | 2184 | by Mandla Ndlovu
PHOTO: Mphoko mocks South Africans for staying in shacks
Siqokoqela Mphoko who is a ZANU PF member and son to former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko has kicked the hornet's nest after tweeting a picture of tin shack slums in South Africa and caption...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 11:04hrs | 3803 | by Mandla Ndlovu
SA Labour Court sets aside dismissal of three Zimbabwe immigrant lecturers
The Labour Court in Gqeberha has granted four lecturers, who are foreign nationals, an interdict to set aside their dismissals by the Port Elizabeth TVET College's Iqhayiya Campus.In the written r...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 18:35hrs | 860 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans targeted by Operation Dudula members
Members of Operation Dudula have been chasing away immigrants from the Jeppe Clinic in central Johannesburg. The provincial department of health says it is not aware of this.On Monday, GroundU...Published: 19 Jan 2023 at 07:45hrs | 4964 | by Johannes Marisa
Mukanya's open letter to Mnangagwa
DEAR President MnangagwaMy name is Thomas "Mukanya" Mapfumo the Chimurenga Music King. I am writing to you at this desperate hour to give you my free point of advice about the conditions in Zi...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:11hrs | 1030 | by Doctor Thomas Mapfumo
UK's deportations deal with Zimbabwe putting lives at risk
In the four years since she arrived in the UK, 56-year-old Josephine Sipiwe Jenje-Mudimbu's life has shifted from one of hope to one of daily, grinding fear.Josy, as she's better known, is an ...Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 05:16hrs | 1429 | by Raoul Walawalker for Open Democracy
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 | 561 | by Staff reporter
This and that with Mal'phosa: No, South Africa can never be another Zimbabwe
Finally, load 'shredding' is over, for now. Well, my workmate calls it so. She is a modern day Malaprop and does not care whether words she uses are appropriate or not. 'This morning poli...Published: 13 Oct 2022 at 13:46hrs | 1409 | by Clerk Ndlovu
Zimbabweans face 'modern day Mfecane' in South Africa
ZIMBABWEANS in SA are living in a perilous state of uncertainty as the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) system is due to come to an end in June 2023.There are reports of Zimbabweans, living and...Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 06:16hrs | 3040 | by Ciaran Ryan
Medical xenophobia: It's time to level the power imbalance in healthcare facilities
I WAS extremely angry, but not shocked, by the utterances of South Africa's Limpopo Health MEC, Phophi Ramathuba.So many things ran through my mind as I watched the video. Having watched her b...Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 06:12hrs | 665 | by Shakira Choonara
Zimbabwe's sanctions a smokescreen
LAST week, the United States updated targeted sanctions against Zimbabwean individuals and entities responsible for committing grave human rights abuses, undermining democracy, or contributing to corr...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 05:58hrs | 236 | by Michelle Gavin
US stands firm over sanctions on Zimbabwe
The US will not remove sanctions placed on Zimbabwean entities and people, despite the issue being raised by President Cyril Ramaphosa during his visit with US President Joe Biden.US Ambassado...Published: 26 Sep 2022 at 20:25hrs | 1307 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa condemns xenophobia
President Mnangagwa is using his visit to New York to engage investors and other Heads of State and Government as he champions the twin policies of engagement and re-engagement, as well as "Zimbabwe i...Published: 24 Sep 2022 at 06:12hrs | 1188 | by Staff reporter
'We're a friend to all, an enemy to none'
ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE, HIS EXCELLENCY, DR E. D. MNANGAGWA, AT THE GENERAL DEBATE OF THE 77TH SESSION O...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 05:50hrs | 321 | by Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa
'I earned more as a farmworker in South Africa than as a maths teacher in Zimbabwe'
A teacher living in Zimbabwe says he made more money working as a citrus farm labourer in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape than he does teaching mathematics in his hometown.Nhamburo (not his real name) ...Published: 09 Sep 2022 at 08:35hrs | 2198 | by Staff reporter
SA minister warns dudula on enforcing immigration law
South Africa's health minister has warned that it is not up to ordinary citizens to enforce the country's immigration law.Joe Phaahla was visiting a hospital in Pretoria where protesters from ...Published: 02 Sep 2022 at 06:46hrs | 850 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's strategy exposed as he fails to condemn xenophobic Limpopo MEC
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday condemned anti-immigrant protests that have prevented foreigners from accessing a hospital in the capital, fuelling concerns about rising xenophobia....Published: 30 Aug 2022 at 19:00hrs | 1374 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean Exiles Forum backtracks on support for 'stupid' rant doctor
The Zimbabwe Exiles Forum (ZEF) has changed its tune over supporting Limpopo health MEC Dr Phophi Ramathuba following her controversial address to a foreign national who underwent surgery at Bela Bela...Published: 30 Aug 2022 at 06:38hrs | 2526 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe embassy expresses shock over Limpopo Health MEC's xenophobic attacks on patient
THE Zimbabwean consulate in South Africa has finally broken its silence on the immigration debacle and xenophobic attacks by Limpopo Health Member of Executive Committee (MEC), Phophi Ramathuba, again...Published: 30 Aug 2022 at 06:38hrs | 2049 | 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 | 3018 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Limpopo doctor's Nazistic remarks despicable
An ANC official and senior medical officer for Limpopo province spews Nazistic and hypernationalistic sentiments that go beyond the ideals of the medical profession against a stricken patient waiting ...Published: 26 Aug 2022 at 20:47hrs | 221 | by Sapien Sapien, Harare.
Find lasting solution to this political problem
During the colonial days some Zimbabweans crossed the Limpopo river going to egoli searching for employement and greener pastures and were coming back home without any problems. There was no such a th...Published: 25 Aug 2022 at 19:58hrs | 261 | by Leonard Koni
BREAKING: Chamisa begs South African government
Leading Zimbabwean opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has appealed to the South African government to bear with Zimbababweans for 400 days before chasing them away from the country. Chamisa issu...Published: 25 Aug 2022 at 09:55hrs | 18758 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwean socialite Paloma shines in 'Queens of Mzansi'
Earlier this year, fans of Netflix were mesmerized by the television reality series "Young Rich and Famous", which featured some of Africa celebrities as they work, play, flirt, and feud in Johannesbu...Published: 20 Aug 2022 at 07:14hrs | 225 | by Staff reporter
Ian Smith was an archangel compared to Mnangagwa
No one must come to Matabeleland bragging that they fought in a war that brought about Zimbabwe independence. The Zimbabwe independence struggle produced the tribal Shona supremacist government that i...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 09:47hrs | 2412 | by Israel Dube
Zanu-PF's hatred of opposition now xenophobic
ZIMBABWE has a very serious problem that threatens to keep dividing us as a nation.That problem is intolerance by the ruling Zanu-PF party and a sizeable number of its supporters who rabidly a...Published: 28 Jul 2022 at 06:38hrs | 589 | by Staff reporter
South Africa 'on the precipice of explosive xenophobic violence', UN experts warn
NEW YORK: A group of independent UN human rights experts have condemned reports of escalating violence targeting foreign nationals in South Africa, and called for accountability against rising xenopho...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:17hrs | 912 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Exemption Permits court challenge, Whites are fond of slavery
THE news that the Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) has taken our government to court to overturn the termination of the Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEPs), while infuriating, should not come as a surprise...Published: 06 Jul 2022 at 18:52hrs | 2760 | by Mogomotsi Mogodiri
SA government's decision to end permits for Zimbabweans is shameful
SOUTH AFRICA: When 31 December 2022 arrives, Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi, like his peers in Cabinet, will be with their families and will not have to fear being displaced from a country the...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 12:32hrs | 2043 | by News24 editorial
Fears expressed over Zimbabwe Extension Permit cancellation
Zimbabwean expatriates are scrambling to apply for a visa to continue living in South Africa after their Zimbabwe Extension Permits (ZEP) expired in December.If they are unsuccessful, in some ...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 09:02hrs | 3009 | by Staff reporter
South Africa making efforts to tackle xenophobia
SOUTH Africa has adopted multi-pronged approaches to tackle the scourge of xenophobia through community dialogues and soccer matches between foreigners and locals, among other interventions, a governm...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 07:44hrs | 1485 | by Staff reporter
Trouble ahead in Zimbabwe
Conditions for the people of Zimbabwe continue to go from bad to worse. Triple digit inflation shows no signs of slowing.Over half of the country lives in poverty.Its corrupt governmen...Published: 05 Jun 2022 at 09:12hrs | 914 | by Michelle Gavin
Xenophobia-hit Zimbabweans saving country's dead economy
Two decades ago, Trynos Mahamba left Zimbabwe for the United Kingdom, but back home, he has changed the lives of his relatives.Since the day after he left, Mahamba (53) has been sending money ...Published: 05 Jun 2022 at 09:12hrs | 1005 | by Staff reporter
AU failing to rein in rogue regimes, says Zapu
THE opposition Zapu party, led by Sibangilizwe Nkomo, has accused the African Union (AU) of deviating from its objectives of uniting Africans by failing to rein in oppressive regimes.In a stat...Published: 26 May 2022 at 06:27hrs | 438 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa condemns superiority complexes
AS the continent celebrates Africa Day today, President Mnangagwa has condemned injustices, superiority complexes, and xenophobic elements dogging the world.In a pre-recorded speech to mark Af...Published: 25 May 2022 at 06:30hrs | 173 | by Staff reporter
SADC tackles xenophobia in SA
SADC has engaged the South African government to ensure the protection of African citizens domiciled in that country against xenophobic attacks.After paying a courtesy call on President Mnanga...Published: 12 May 2022 at 06:27hrs | 529 | by Staff reporter
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