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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 | | by Staff reporter
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 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
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
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
'SA's Home Affairs lacks capacity to deal with Zimbabwean permit holder'
Immigration stakeholders such as the Helen Suzman Foundation contend that the Department of Home Affairs lacks the capacity to deal fairly with Zimbabweans seeking to regularise their stay in South Af...Published: 10 Nov 2022 at 05:02hrs | | 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
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
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 | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe - SA relations turn frosty in the wake of an immigration crisis
POST-2000, millions of Zimbabweans have migrated to the United Kingdom, Australia or the United States, but estimated millions more have trooped to South Africa in search of greener pastures and safet...Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 07:24hrs | 1 | 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 | 7 | by Staff reporter
SA's Zimbabwe exemption permit scheme is a money racket and a ‘fraud'
The Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) scheme is the "largest case of fraud and theft ever committed by the government of one country over nationals of its neighbouring country in African history", accor...Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 07:02hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Fake e-passport agents on the prowl
THE Registrar-General's Office has warned the public to be wary of a fake website used by fraudsters to swindle online passport applicants of their hard-earned cash.The account claims to be th...Published: 21 May 2022 at 17:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
e-passports fraudsters on the prowl
Tens of thousands of Zimbabweans living outside the country and needing to apply online for the recently introduced e-passport should be wary of fraudsters masquerading as employees or agents of the R...Published: 23 Mar 2022 at 05:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
ANC relates better with ex-Zapu ambassadors, says Tshinga Dube
FORMER War Veterans deputy minister Tshinga Dube has stopped short of blaming the anxiety faced by Zimbabwean immigrants in South Africa over expiring permits on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's "wrong"...Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 15:03hrs | 1 | 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 | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans engage South African government over permits
THE Zimbabwe Community in South Africa (ZCSA) has engaged South Africa's Department of Home Affairs seeking a waiver of some of the requirements for obtaining permits following a decision by that coun...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:55hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans engage Ramaphosa's deputy over permits
ZIMBABWE Community in South Africa chairperson Ngqabutho Mabhena on Tuesday engaged South African Deputy President David Mabuza seeking his intervention over plans not to renew permits for Zimbabwean ...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:38hrs | 6 | 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 | 6 | by Staff reporter
South African government breaking its neck
The recent verdict enacted by the South African government to decline the regeneration of the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) is disingenuous and unscrupulous in more ways than one.Traversin...Published: 26 Nov 2021 at 09:36hrs | 8 | by Matthew Dube Esquire
SA to decide on renewal of Zimbabwe Exemption Permits
THE South African Cabinet will soon announce a decision on the renewal of the Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEP) for nearly 180 000 Zimbabweans based in the neighbouring country.Zimbabweans have...Published: 02 Nov 2021 at 05:34hrs | 7 | 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 | 10 | 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
Zimbabwe govt unsettled by non-renewal of SA permits
AS details of South Africa's recent bilateral talks with Zimbabwe emerge, the authorities in Harare are now in panic mode after Pretoria announced plans to suspend the temporary work permits of Zimbab...Published: 19 Jun 2021 at 15:05hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans in SA engage officials on exemption permits
THE Zimbabwe Community in South Africa organisation says it is in discussions with both governments on the future of Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) holders, which are set to expire at the end of this...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 18:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bleak future for 180 000 Zimbabweans in South Africa
THOUSANDS of holders of the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) are living in uncertainty because the South African government has not yet indicated whether it will renew their permits. About 180 000 Zimb...Published: 30 May 2021 at 09:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans in SA face uncertain future
Thousands of holders of the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) are living in uncertainty because the South African government has not yet indicated whether it will renew their permits. About 180,000 Zimb...Published: 27 May 2021 at 22:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Will Zimbabweans survive South Africa's anti-immigrant drive?
South Africa's strong and extensive ties with Zimbabwe are buckling under the strain of COVID-19 economic challenges and migration. The nearly 500 undocumented migrants arrested on a daily basis tryin...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 13:29hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
SA's visa relief for foreigners with special skills
Foreign nationals in South Africa with special skills, especially those on intra-company transfer visas have been given a green light to apply for an extension of their visas by another two years....Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 19:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho - Zibalongwe community builds classrom
The Tsholotsho - Zibalongwe Secondary Community Project (ZSP) says it has completed the construction of the first classroom block as part of its vision to build a secondary school. The project...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 17:26hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
SA Home Affairs has 3000 uncollected Zimbabwe permits
South Africa's Home Affairs Department (DHA) is sitting on 3000 Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEP) which have been uncollected for the past nine months and have enlisted the services of the Zimbabwe...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 16:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
South Africa gives Zimbabweans end of July deadline to collect permits
South African Home Affairs Department has reported that the department still has over 3 000 Zimbabwe Exemption Permits outcomes that have not been collected by applicants.In a circulating mess...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 21:28hrs | 6 | by Mandla Ndlovu
SA Home Affairs tells Zimbabweans awaiting permits to be patient,
The South African Department of Home Affairs has urged Zimbabweans who haven't yet received their special permits to be patient. The Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) allows Zimbabweans living in South ...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 17:30hrs | | by Tariro Washinyira I GroundUp
South Africa legalises stay of Zimbabwean nationals
Over 180‚000 Zimbabwean nationals living in South Africa have applied for official documentation to allow them to stay‚ work‚ study and conduct businesses legally in the country‚ the dep...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 22:24hrs | | by Staff Reporter
PICTURES: Establishment of new Zibalongwe Secondary school
THE 2017 - 2018 ANNUAL ZSP COMMUNITY PICTORIAL REPORT ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NEW ZIBALONGWE SECONDARY SCHOOL, by THE LOCAL COMMUNITY IN TSHOLOTSHO, ZIMBABWE.The above classroom block is t...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 14:18hrs | 3 | by Zibalongwe Secondary
Tsholotsho community build own Zibalongwe Secondary School
BACKGROUND TO THE ZIBALONGWE SECONDARY SCHOOL PROJECTTsholotsho rural district residents at large face serious life challenges which include poverty, crime, unemployment, and a huge number of tee...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 16:25hrs | 5 | by Staf reporter
Zimbabwe, SA in labour migration policy talks
ZIMBABWE and South Africa have opened discussions to regularise (legal) labour migration between the two countries to curb exploitation of undocumented immigrants, a senior Government official has sai...Published: 08 Oct 2018 at 06:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA advises Zimbabweans on permits
SOUTH Africa has advised Zimbabweans intending to seek permits to ensure their documents are in order and file their applications before the deadline on October 31. The neighbouring country's Departme...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 09:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA sets deadline for Zimbabwe exemption permits applications
ZIMBABWE'S consulate in South Africa has advised locals with pending Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) applications in the neighbouring country to apply for new passports to have their permits process...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 07:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Anxiety for Zimbabweans in South Africa
Zimbabweans who have applied for their Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (Zep) are anxious about the slow progress in the processing of their permits.Without a valid permit to show, they find their b...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 14:12hrs | | by GoundUp
Zimbabweans still waiting for SA permits as deadline looms
Some Zimbabweans who have applied for their Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEP) are anxious about the slow progress processing their permits. Without a valid permit to show, they find their bank accounts...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 12:13hrs | | by Tariro Washinyira
Zimbabweans in limbo after giving SA home affairs asylum papers
In 2009, the South African government introduced the Dispensation of Zimbabweans Project (DZP) to legalise the many Zimbabweans already inside the country because of the political and socio-economic s...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 08:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans in SA having bank accounts 'blocked without notice'
Permit issues are leaving some in SA frustrated when they can't access their money.Some Zimbabweans who are waiting for their new Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) have found their South African b...Published: 06 Jun 2018 at 15:39hrs | | by Bernard Chiguvare, GroundUp
'Mnangagwa a liar'
Zimbabweans residing in South Africa have labelled the current interim president of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa as a liar. This comes after Mnangagwa's last year visit to South Africa in December at t...Published: 13 Mar 2018 at 13:50hrs | | by Daniel Itai
Zimbabweans get South Africa permits reprieve
South Africa's Department of Home Affairs has extended the closing date for payments and submission of supporting documents and biometrics for the new Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) to February 15,...Published: 01 Feb 2018 at 05:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA based Zimbabweans accuse ZIMRA of corruption
Zimbabweans based in South Africa have raised concerns over the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority's (Zimra) random variation of the validity of Temporary Import Permits (TIP) for those driving foreign regist...Published: 28 Dec 2017 at 21:16hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Important immigration directive affecting ZSP permit holders and ZEP applicants
The Department of Home Affairs has issued Directive No 16 of 2017 regulating the handling of the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit # Project. The online Application process for ZEP renewals closed on the 30th...Published: 17 Dec 2017 at 07:43hrs | | by Munyaradzi Nkomo
SA grants Zimbabweans with expired permits right to travel home
SOUTH Africa has granted Zimbabweans holding expired permits permission to travel home during the festive season as long as they have proof that they have applied for new permits that will come into e...Published: 13 Dec 2017 at 05:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans panic as permit deadline approaches
Following months of uncertainty surrounding their stay in South Africa, thousands of Zimbabweans are now fretting over bank threats to freeze their accounts this month-end when their permits expire....Published: 12 Dec 2017 at 05:22hrs | | by CAJ News
Zimbabwe permit deadline extended to January 31
Of the estimated 197 941 Zimbabwean nationals eligible for ZEP, 172 585 applicants have completed their online forms and 143 154 applicants have secured their appointments.The department of ho...Published: 05 Dec 2017 at 14:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
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