Press statement on the withdrawal of the application launched in the Gauteng division, Pretoria, in connection with the Zimbabwe exemption permit

1 July 2022

1. The Department of Home Affairs welcomes the withdrawal of the application filed in court by African Amity NPC and Zimbabwe Permit Holders Association under case no. 51735/21 on 14 June 2022.   

2. The matter involved the challenge in court of the decision of the Minister of Home Affairs not to extend the exemptions granted to Zimbabwean nationals. 

3. The Department is happy that at long last sense seems to have prevailed. As indicated before, the Department's doors are always open for constructive engagement with the affected Zimbabwean nationals.

Issued by Siya Qoza, Spokesperson for the Minister of Home Affairs, 1 July 2022