Zimbabweans have until December 31 to obtain other visas to legally remain in SA. Stock image.Zimbabwean exemption permit granted to Zimbabwean nationals to the end of this year. recently denying that the government would extend the grace period for Zimbabweans working in the country toOn Thursday the cabinet said it had decided to grant the grace period.
“During this period the holders of this permit should apply for other permits appropriate to their particular status or situation. This decision was motivated by our desire to ensure eligible Zimbabweans can regularise their stay in SA. We appeal to the holders of this permit to use the 12 months to regularise their status in SA.”
Motsoaledi signed off the extension two days before the deadline on December 29. It was published in aIt will essentially allow Zimbabweans a further 12 months to obtain other visas to legally remain in SA. Nearly 180,000 Zimbabweans hold the permit, first issued in 2009, which saw them excluded from requirements of the immigration and refugee acts.
Motsoaledi previously said the ZEP was put in place to deal with a large influx of Zimbabweans who came to SA in the democratic dispensation. The hope was that once the political situation under then president Robert Mugabe improved, many would return home.
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But this was known. This is the grace period. Why are you reporting this as if it's new?
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