Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP)

During his first budget vote speech as newly appointed Minister of Home Affairs, Dr Leon Schreiber made a point of implementing stricter measures against undocumented workers during his term, starting with more workplace inspections. Schreiber stated that the increased inspections would start at restaurants, spaza shops, farms, and mines, but the broader aim is to … Urgent Update – New Minister enforces stricter measures on undocumented workers

In what has been labelled as a “landmark decision”, the Constitutional Court recently dismissed an application by Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi for leave to appeal against the Gauteng High Court’s ruling that the ZEP programme had been unlawfully terminated. The Helen Suzman Foundation and Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Africa (CoRMSA) opposed … Constitutional Court refuses Home Affairs Minister’s leave to appeal ZEP decision