Uncertainty as S. Africa scraps permits for Zimbabweans
Undocumented Zimbabwean nationals are rounded up by the South African National Defence Forces. South Africa has declined to renew special residence permits for nearly 200 000 Zimbabwean economic refugees and asylum seekers. FILE PHOTO | AFP
South Africa has declined to renew special residence permits for nearly 200 000 Zimbabwean economic refugees and asylum seekers that expire next month.
Pretoria said it will instead give beneficiaries of the scheme that was first introduced in 2009 to regularise the stay of undocumented immigrants from Zimbabwe up end of next year to apply for other types of permits that would allow them to continue living in South Africa.
