Zimbabwean exemption permits: SA expulsions will be 'disaster'

Families face poverty, and returnees will struggle for jobs

19 February 2023 - 21:13 By Pindai Dube

Anxiety is rising ahead of the expiry of South Africa’s Zimbabwean exemption permits (ZEP), which will see tens of thousands of Zimbabweans return home to an unemployment rate of more than 80%...

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