
Aaron Motsoaledi







Operation Dudula plans to interdict the extension of the Zimbabwean exemption permits (ZEP). The group believes the extension is a betrayal of SA citizens.

The Department of Home Affairs' decision to extend the Zimbabwean Exemption Permits grace period by six months has been welcomed by a Zim civil society group.

The Botswana opposition party, Botswana Congress Party, has called out the Zimbabwean government for the economic migrant crisis in other African countries.

Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi has extended the Zimbabwe Exemption Permits for further six months. The permits were scheduled to expire this year.

Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi said the special exemption permits allocated to Lesotho citizens will also expire in 2023 and will not be extended.

178 000 Zimbabwe Exemption Permit holders could be deported as many failed to respond to Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi’s appeal to review their status.

Government told employers to plan before December 2022 as the termination of the ZEP means Zimbabweans using the permit must leave the country when it expires.