The South African government has announced that foreigners living in
that country will now have to go back home to apply for work permits.
According to Daniel Muzenda of the Zimbabwe Migrants Association, the
South African government says instead of applying for work permits
while in that country, Zimbabweans and other foreigners are now expected
to go to their respective nations to file the necessary papers.
Millions of foreigners, including an estimated three million
Zimbabweans, are studying and working in South Africa, one of Africa’s
developed nations.
Muzenda said this is not workable. “We are talking about three
million Zimbabweans who are here in South Africa and for them to go back
to Harare and queue at the Home Affairs Department is logistically
practically impossible.”
He said the Zimbabwe government should work with Pretoria to find better ways of handling this issue.
“We will be holding a meeting soon with the relevant authorities to find ways of handling this issue,” said Muzenda.
Most of the work permits expire in November this year.
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