South Africa: Zimbabweans, Basotho With Exemption Permits Can Stay in South Africa Until 2025

Cape Town — Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi announced that Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) and Lesotho Exemption Permit (LEP) holders may remain in South African until the end of 2025. The change comes after December 31, 2023, was denoted as the expiration of the ZEP programme, which would have affected over 178,000 Zimbabweans.

“I call upon all the affected Zimbabwe and Lesotho nationals to make use of the windows of opportunity for new exemption permits through VFS Global,” Motsoaledi…