Today, the Minister of Home Affairs has published Directives 3 and 4 of 2023 in the Government Gazette, implementing the Minister’s decision to grant new exemption permits for Zimbabwean and Basotho Nationals who have been residing and working in South...

Interesting developments emerged in the aftermath of the recent cabinet statement. There is a clear indication of heightened immigration enforcement efforts across various fronts, including the authorization of business inspections. Notably, a new White Paper is set to be published...

Last Friday, on the 29th of September, we had the privilege of attending a webinar hosted by the Chief Director of Corporate Accounts at the Department of Home Affairs. The event centered around the second-quarter review of the critical skills...

The African proverb, “When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers,” perhaps best describes the effects of the outcome of the fight between the ZEP holders and the Department of Home Affairs. Yesterday, the High Court handed down its...

The end of the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) Program brought a wave of uncertainty and apprehension to the lives of over 177,000 Zimbabweans residing in South Africa. As the announcement of its termination was made, a sense of doom and...

Can foreign national graduates of tertiary institutions in South Africa enter the South African job market? On 21 April 2016, the Minister of Home Affairs (“Minister”) granted a waiver allowing foreign national graduates of tertiary institutions in South Africa who...