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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>South Africa\u2019s Home Affairs Department has urged thousands of Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) holders to take advantage of the six-month extension to make representations as to why their permits should not be terminated.<\/p>\n

Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said that only 9 000 out of the 178 000 permit holders have made representations.<\/p>\n

Home Affairs spokesperson Siya Qoza said the department has reached out to all the 178 000 ZEP holders. He said:<\/p>\n

The permit itself has indeed expired. We are now in the grace period that the Minister has introduced to try to help people to apply or migrate to regular permits.<\/p>\n

We have made every effort to reach out to them. There were letters that were written to each and every one of them individually because we do have a record of all the 178 000 people who are on this permit.<\/p>\n

Motsoaledi said the validity of the permit has been extended by a further six months to 30 June 2023. The initial expiry date was 31 December 2022. | SABC<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. South Africa\u2019s Home Affairs Department has urged thousands of Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) holders to take advantage of the six-month extension to make representations as to why their permits should not be terminated. 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