Why are Zimbabwean migrants taking South Africa鈥檚 government to court?
The migrants are challenging the removal of a permit which allowed them to live and work in South Africa
鈥淚t鈥檚 quite challenging, because some people have been here and they were not going home鈥�. And there are no jobs in Zimbabwe.鈥�
Yesterday Africa Daily spoke to some of the Zimbabweans affected by a decision to end the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit scheme by December this year. The permits allowed nearly 180,000 migrants to live, work and study in South Africa 鈥� but from now on they will need to prove they possess critical skills that are needed in the country 鈥� meaning unqualified workers will not be able to stay.
Many of them have been in the country for 12 or more years.
In this second part of a two-part series, Alan Kasujja finds out more about the court challenge that has now been brought, in a bid to reverse the government鈥檚 decision.
He also speaks to a spokesperson for Zimbabwe鈥檚 ruling Zanu-PF about what鈥檚 being done to give Zimbabweans opportunities back in their own country 鈥� so they don鈥檛 need to look to other countries for work.
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