PETER BRUCE: Let us not go quietly into the dark night
I will help in any way I legally can to frustrate the expulsion of law-abiding Zimbabwe permit holders
07 September 2022 - 13:43
Home affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi has extended the end of 2022 deadline by which people living in SA under Zimbabwean exemption permits must leave the country. They now have to leave by the end of June 2023.
The news has been presented as a reprieve for the estimated 178,000 Zimbabweans affected by the move. In fact, it is a reprieve for SA, which has in effect postponed the moment when we become just another immigrant-hating country...
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