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Immigration & Citizenship Law
Last minute reprieve for Zimbabwe Exemption Permit holders
Matthew Hirsch and Joseph Chirume 29 Nov 2024
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Immigration & Citizenship Law
Visa applicants to receive outcomes of visa waiver applications digitally
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Immigration & Citizenship Law
ZEP holders rights upheld by ConCourt, Motsoaledi's appeal dismissed
![Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi has turned to the Constitutional Court in his bid to appeal against a Pretoria High Court judgment that found the process he used to end the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit programme was neither fair nor lawful. Archive photo: Tariro Washinyira / GroundUp](https://biz-file.com/c/2403/729702-120x120.jpg?2)
Immigration & Citizenship Law
Home Affairs minister takes Zimbabwean permit battle to the Constitutional Court
Tania Broughton 6 Mar 2024
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Immigration & Citizenship Law
SCA dismisses bid to appeal Zim permits ruling
Tania Broughton 23 Feb 2024
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Immigration & Citizenship Law
Two-year extension for Zimbabwe and Lesotho permit holders
Joseph Chirume 4 Dec 2023
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Immigration & Citizenship Law
Zimbabwe permit application dismissed: no need for it, say judges
Tania Broughton 8 Nov 2023
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Immigration & Citizenship Law
ZEP termination decision invalid and unconstitutional
Hedda Schensema and Taryn York 30 Jun 2023
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Immigration & Citizenship Law
Last chance for Zim Exemption Permit holders to apply for waiver, visa
Bianca Rutherfoord-Jones, Nivaani Moodley & Siya Ngcamu 5 Jun 2023
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Immigration & Citizenship Law
Twitter threats to litigants in Zimbabwean Exemption Permit court case
Ashraf Hendricks 18 Apr 2023
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Immigration & Citizenship Law
Final extension for Zim Exemption Permits
Nivaani Moodley and Bianca Rutherfoord-Jones 7 Sep 2022
![Many Zimbabweans may find themselves unlawfully in the country from 1 January 2023, unless the Helen Suzman Foundation wins a case it has launched. Archive photo: Joseph Chirume / GroundUp](https://biz-file.com/c/2206/659480-120x120.jpg?2)
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