Tshwane – Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba on Wednesday, said at the appropriate moment, he will announce the fate of almost 200 000 Zimbabweans residing and working in South Africa on the basis of the Zimbabwe Special Permit (ZSP), which expires this year.
"When we look at what to do with the ZSP, we will take into consideration all of the factors that are necessary. I don't want, right now, to be dragged into the conversation because it has not been properly processed by myself, and it has not been canvassed with my Cabinet colleagues," Gigaba told reporters at a media briefing in Pretoria.
"We will do that during the course of the year. We are mindful of the fact that people are anxious about the time lapsing. They have established their lives, and some of them have established families."
Gigaba however said he has been urging holders of the ZSP to apply for mainstream permits, outside the special dispensation.
