South African Govt In Court Over Scrapping of Zimbabwe Permits

. The Foundation argued in the Pretoria High Court that the decision should be sent back to Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi for proper consultation.

The lapsing of the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit system was a political decision, and does not take away the rights of ZEP holders, the South African government. Advocate Ismail Jamie, counsel for home affairs minister, told a full bench of the Pretoria High Court that there was no decision to terminate the ZEP system. Rights that were temporarily conferred in the first place had been allowed to lapse through the passage of time, he said. No rights had been taken away.

Blanket visa exemptions for Zimbabweans illegally in SA were introduced in 2009 under the Dispensation of Zimbabweans Project . That gave legal status to about 250,000 Zimbabweans who had fled political and economic instability at home. It allowed them to live, work, study and open businesses in SA. This scheme was extended and renamed the Zimbabwean Special Permit in 2014 and the ZEP in 2017.

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