As the deadline for the expiry of the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) looms, permit holders say they do not have a plan post 30 June 2023.
Morning activities at Beitbridge on the South African side of the border crossing with Zimbabwe May 14, 2009.Morning activities at Beitbridge on the South African side of the border crossing with Zimbabwe May 14, 2009., permit holders say they do not have a plan post 30 June 2023.
What was known as the breadbasket of Africa suffered an unexpected fate in the early 2000s. Under the Robert Mugabe regime, political violence and economic instability became the order of the day in Zimbabwe.
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