Zimbabwean exemption permit (ZEP)
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Home Affairs Minister extends validity of Zimbabwean Exemption Permits to Nov 2025
Home Affairs Minister extends validity of Zimbabwean Exemption Permits to Nov 2025! Zimbabweans living in South Africa have been granted…
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Home Affairs hits back at High Court over ZEP ruling
Home Affairs Director General Livhuwani Makhode said the High Court “overemphasized the rights of children” when it overturned Minister Aaron…
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Some undocumented foreign nationals in South Africa accuse Home Affairs of waging war against them
Some undocumented foreigners have accused Home Affairs of waging a war against them amid the department’s intensification of measures to…
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Home Affairs Minister Motsoaledi turns to Supreme Court in Zimbabwe permits fight
Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi is heading to the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) after suffering a defeat in the…
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Court hears ZEP non-renewal will affect many lives
The Helen Suzman Foundation has insisted that Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi’s decision to terminate the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP)…
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Home Affairs Minister Motsoaledi to challenge court ruling extending Zimbabwe Exemption Permits
Home Affairs Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi said his department will appeal the ruling by the High Court in Pretoria that…
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Home Affairs Minister Motsoaledi studying unconstitutional High Court ruling on ending ZEP
Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi is studying a judgment handed down by the Pretoria High Court that has declared…
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Home Affairs extends operating hours due to high demand for Smart IDs & passports
The Department of Home Affairs has extended its operating hours from Tuesday until Friday to deal with the influx of…
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Road freight sector concerned over extension of ZEP
The Road Freight Association (RFA) has raised concern over the extension of the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) which was set…
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Home Affairs’ ZEP extension buys Zimbabweans more time
Zimbabwean nationals in South Africa have termed the latest extension of the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) a small reprieve for…
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ZEP holders praying for a miracle following Home Affairs extension
With Home Affairs deciding to extend the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) once again, some permit holders say they will continue…
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10 000 Zimbabweans register to return home as the Zim Exemption Permit expires
Around 10 000 Zimbabwean nationals living in South Africa have applied for assistance from their government to return home and…
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Zepha confident of its challenge against decision to scrap ZEP programme
The Pretoria High Court will on Friday hear the third and final challenge against the decision to scrap the Zimbabwean…
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Judgement reserved in Helen Suzman Foundation’s challenge over ZEP discontinuation
Judgment has been reserved in the Helen Suzman Foundation’s challenge against the discontinuation of the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) programme.…
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Home Affairs in court over termination of ZEP system
One of the most important human rights cases of recent decades got underway in the Pretoria High Court on Tuesday,…
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Pretoria High Court to hear challenges against scrapping of Zim Exemption Permit
In the week, the Pretoria High Court will hear three challenges from various civil society organizations against the scrapping of…
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Zim Embassy offers help to citizens that want to return home from SA
The Zimbabwean Embassy has urged those who want to return to the country to make use of an opportunity being…
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Zimbabweans living in South Africa fear the worst as ZEP expiry date gets closer
The expiry of the Zimbabwean exemption permit (ZEP) is fast approaching and many whose stay in South Africa is heavily…
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What you need to know about the Zimbabwean permit case
The Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) is taking the Minister of Home Affairs to court, seeking to set aside what it…
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HSF: Terminating Zim permit could put thousands at risk
The Helen Suzman Foundation says Cabinet’s decision to terminate the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) could make thousands of Zimbabweans become…
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Zimbabweans stuck in limbo in SA
There are nearly 200 000 Zimbabweans in South Africa who are living on borrowed time. They are in the country…
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Scared Zimbabweans send their belongings home
Fearing further xenophobic violence, and facing an uncertain future with the scrapping of the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP), many Zimbabweans…
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Cabinet condemns attacks on Aaron Motsoaledi amid Zimbabwe permit battle
Cabinet says it has noted the “numerous, strong attacks” made on Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi on social media. Motsoaledi…
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South Africa legal NGO may join Zimbabwe permit battle
After the SA government’s decision not to extend the Zimbabwean exemption permit (ZEP) scheme, non-profit organization Lawyers for Human Rights…
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