Stuck With “Temporary” Permit for Fifteen Years
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Immigration
Zimbabwe
There is a substantial community of Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) holders in South Africa that has been living in a waiting room since 2009. Many of the ZEP holders are active participants of every community they live in, where some members teach in public schools, nurse in public hospitals, run spaza shops, pay PAYE and VAT, raise children who speak isiZulu or Sesotho before Shona or Ndebele, and still, after many years, they cannot apply for permanent residence...
