Zimbabwean Exemption Permit holders' woes are still not over after the Minister of Home Affairs applied for leave to appeal a finding on his decision to terminate the permits. | BelindaaPheto
The Minister of Home Affairs wants to appeal a High Court finding that the termination ofThe permits were supposed to expire in December 2021, but the deadline was extended to the end of June 2023, and later changed to December 2023.Zimbabwean Exemption Permit holders' woes are still not over.
The ZEP system was introduced in 2009 to regulate the status of Zimbabweans fleeing to SA for political or economic reasons.In the initial court application, the Helen Suzman Foundation and Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Africa challenged Motsoaledi's decision to terminate the ZEPs.A full Bench of the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria ruled against the minister in June when it held that the termination of the permits was invalid, unlawful and unconstitutional.
The ZEPs were supposed to expire in December 2021 but the deadline was extended to the end of June 2023, and then to December 2023.But, as the date approaches, Motsoaledi wants to appeal the High Court's decision and filed an application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Appeal. "The decision to not call public participation was justifiable. First, the decision affected a specific category of persons, not the public. Second, such a decision is not administrative action and is voluntary," Motsoaledi submitted in his papers.
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