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Home Affairs Minister, Aaron Motsoaledi has welcomed the decision by the High Court in Pretoria to strike off the roll, an urgent application by Zimbabwe Exemption Permit or ZEP holders, for lack of urgency.

The application was an attempt to overturn a decision by the minister to not renew the permits, and impose a 12-month grace period during which ZEP holders have to regularise their stay through normal immigration laws of the country.At the beginning of the month, the South African government scrapped Zimbabwean Exemption Permits.

About 182 000 Zimbabweans who hold the permit have been given a year’s grace to migrate to other permits to allow them to stay in South Africa. VIDEO: Advocate Simba Chitando who is representing Zimbabwean exemption permit holders seeking permanent residence in South Africa reacts to government’s decision to scrap the permits:

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The question is what is the plan to deal with illegal immigrants? It's easier to target the documented because they are identifiable, a higher order activity is dealing with illegals from all over Africa not only Zimbos.

This ls just the beginning we want aaron PutSouthAfricaFirst

I don't need any paper to be in SA Botswana Mozambique and Zimbabwe I can carry my ID for emergency as long as you have black police officers I will go around those countries.

Ziyakhala ke manje

Give bread and water to he that starving, we thank you south Africa for we are neighbours and we take care for our neighbours sons and daughters same applies in countries, we are one let's feel the pain for each other today it's us tomorrow it's you.

Give those living here more than 10 years residency. Assess new applications and change criteria of the Asylum permits(Proof of Study etc).That way it's fair for everyone. Illegal immigrants to be sent back. Close borders for 5 years to stabilise SA. After 5 years assess again.

SA 3-0 Zimbabwe. We keep moving, ✊

With due respect they must go home forever and now next is Nigerian drug dealers, Mozambique, Lesotho, Somalians cockroaches PutSouthAficansFirst

The judgement is welcomed danko siyabonga

Yes sent them home never to come back leashes

The DIRCO_ZA & HomeAffairsSA must immediately implement visa requirements on the following countries: 1 Somalia 2 Ethiopia 3 Zimbabwe 4 Mozambique 5 Nigeria 6 Malawi 7 Congo 8 Ghana 9 Build wall between Zim & RSA!!! PutSouthAficansFirst

Kick the Zimbastards out now

We welcome the judgement too

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