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Motsoaledi grants Lesotho and Zimbabwe nationals two-year exemption permits
Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has extended the two-year exemption permits for 178,000 citizens of Zimbabwe and 54,653 citizens of Lesotho.
Lesotho nationals’ permits were set to expire on December 31, 2023, but Zimbabwean exemption permits had two different expiration dates—December 31, 2023, and June 28, 2024—as determined by the courts.
They will be able to stay in the nation until the end of 2025 thanks to new permits that Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi announced on Friday.
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Aaron Motsoaledi reiterated that a holder of the exemption permit will be entitled to work, seek employment and conduct business in the Republic of South Africa;
“The exemptions issued to the Lesotho nationals will expire on 31 December 2023 and the validity of the exemption permits issued to the Zimbabwean nationals was extended by Minister’s directive no:2 of 2023 to 31 December 2023 and by the Court to 28 June 2024.The decision not to extend the exemptions granted to the Zimbabwean nationals is a subject of litigation brought by Helen Suzman Foundation and others. The application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Appeal (“SCA”) has already been launched, following dismissal of the application for leave to appeal the negative judgment.
The parties are still in the process of exchanging the necessary court papers; The outcome of the said application for leave to appeal to the SCA or any other appeal process is unknown at this stage”
Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi
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