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In a statement, Minister Dlamini-Zuma said the move was aimed at ensuring that Zimbabweans regularised their stay in that country ahead of the expiry of the special dispensation that allows them to stay there without proper papers. The waiver expires on 31 December.
“The South African government appeals to Zimbabwean nationals resident in South Africa to take up the offer to regularise their stay in South Africa beginning tomorrow (today),” Minister Dlamini-Zuma said.
She said the process was aimed at ensuring that Zimbabweans complied with South Africa’s immigration laws, and lead normal lives while ending their misery of living under constant fear of deportation.
She reiterated her government’s commitment to extending amnesty to all those who possessed fraudulent South African identity documents on condition they handed them back to Home Affairs regional offices.
The documentation and amnesty process would begin today and end on 31 December.
To facilitate the process, 240 Home Affairs officials had been deployed to 46 regional offices across the country.
“We stand ready to increase this number of officials depending on the number of Zimbabweans applying for documents,” she said.
Minister Dlamini-Zuma called on Zimbabweans to approach their embassy in Pretoria and consulate in Johannesburg to declare their presence and acquire valid travel documents to enable the South African government to issue them with study, work or business permits.
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