Zimbabwe Exemption Permit termination ruled ‘unlawful’

The Pretoria high court has ruled that the government’s decision to terminate a special permit regime for Zimbabweans living and working in the country was unlawful and irrational and ordered that the permits remain valid for the next 12 months.

The Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) regime was established in 2009 as a humanitarian gesture to allow nearly 200,000 Zimbabweans who fled their country’s political and economic turmoil to stay and work in SA. The regime was extended twice, in 2014, and 2017, for original holders. ..

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