South Africa: Home Affairs Hires Pvt Lawyers To Clear Zimbabwe Exemption Permits Backlogs
South Africa’s Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said that they have hired private lawyers to address backlogs as the expiry of the Zimbabwean exemption permit looms.
In November last year, the South African government announced the decision to discontinue the permit by December 2022 after its initial introduction in 2009.
That means that thousands of Zimbabweans will have to legitimise their stay through other forms of residency authorisation.
To acquire a work permit in South Africa, Zimbabweans will have to prove that they possess a special skill or they will have to apply for an exemption from the labour department.
That is where many are stuck as the department is dealing with backlogs.
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Motsoaledi told Eyewitness News that the plan is to clear the backlog. He said:
What I can tell you is that we have put together a team that is led by the former DG in the Presidency, Dr Lubisi. We put him together with a team of lawyers from the private sector, who will sit every day to process these documents to make sure that we don’t develop any backlog.
The Helen Suzman Foundation is approaching the courts to challenge the abolishment of the Zimbabwean exemption permit certificate, something the Home Affairs Department is determined to defend.
