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Zimbabwe’s Ambassador to South Africa, David Hamadziripi, has said the e-passport centre in Johannesburg is now complete and will start offering services to Zimbabweans in that country this April.
Speaking to <a href="https://www.sundaymail.co.zw/joburg-passport-office-complete-to-open-soon">The Sunday Mail</a>, Hamadziripi said that the Johannesburg centre is now training staff before commencing services. He said:
<blockquote>
The e-passport processing centre in Johannesburg is complete and ready to operate. What remains is the training of our staff, which we are currently working on.
Once our staff is trained, we will be in a position to deliver this much-awaited and anticipated service. We will announce at the appropriate time.
The centre has the technical capacity to process 18 passports at one go.
Expected turnaround time with one client is expected to be less than 10 minutes. We are capable of clearing at least 360 people in a day.
</blockquote>
Last month, the Zimbabwean consulate in Johannesburg denied the social media claims regarding the purported launch of the e-Passport system at its offices.
In an official statement issued on March 15, titled “Rollout of the E-passport processing centre at the consulate in Johannesburg,” the Consulate clarified that the e-Passport System has not yet been implemented.
However, the statement also revealed that preparations for the launch of the e-Passport Centre and the e-Passport Processing System in Johannesburg are well underway, and the program is expected to be rolled out soon.
Meanwhile, an e-passport centre will also be opened in Gokwe South in the next few weeks as part of decentralising the services countrywide, and five passport offices abroad, including in the United Kingdom and the United States, will begin offering the same services to the Diaspora this year.
Locally, e-passports are now being processed at the Harare passport registry and provincial and district offices in Bulawayo, Gwanda, Gweru, Lupane, Marondera, Beitbridge, Chitungwiza, Hwange, Mazowe, Murewa, Zvishavane, Chinhoyi and Guruve.
More: <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a>

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Zimbabwean Passport Office In Johannesburg Complete, Set To Open Soon

Around 10 000 Zimbabweans living in South Africa on the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) have applied for assistance from their Government to return home and resettle.
The Zimbabwean Exemption Permit expires at the end of this month.
Speaking to broadcaster <a href="https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/10-000-zimbabweans-register-to-return-home-as-the-zim-exemption-permit-expires-f4f2aaf3-dc88-4227-8340-931f0859e53e">Newzroom Afrika</a>, Zimbabwe’s Ambassador to South Africa, David Hamadziripi, said:
<blockquote>
The government (of Zimbabwe) has indicated that it will facilitate the smooth return of those who wish to return home, and we will offer assistance to those who indicate that they would wish to have that assistance.
At this point in time, we are actually working on some requests for assistance to go back.
We are working with a number between 8 000 and 10 000 at the moment because those are the individuals who have registered their interest to get some type of assistance to go back home.
</blockquote>
ZEP holders have until the end of June 2023 to obtain permission to stay in the country or face possible deportation.
On 29 November 2021, a directive was issued by the Director-General of the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) confirming the cabinet’s decision to discontinue the ZEP scheme.
The ZEP permits, which were due to expire on 31 December 2021, were automatically regarded as valid until 31 December 2022.
On 2 September 2022, the Minister of Home Affairs extended ZEP for an additional 6 months until 30 June 2023 to allow the holders to apply for one or another visa for which they may qualify in terms of the Immigration Act.
However,  three civil rights groups have challenged this move in the Pretoria High Court.
The Pretoria High Court reserved its ruling in the battle between Home Affairs and civil groups but time is running out for thousands of Zimbabweans who may soon find themselves as illegal migrants in South Africa.
Tens of ZEP holders may be forced to leave South Africa if the Gauteng High Court, Pretoria, rules in favour of the South African government.
More: <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a>

10 000 Zimbabweans Register To Return Home As ZEP Scheme Ends

The Zimbabwe Community in South Africa says they remain hopeful that the South African government might change its mind and extend the <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Zimbabwean_Exemption_Permit_Visa">Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEP).</a>
Speaking on <a href="https://cite.org.zw/we-are-hopeful-zeps-will-be-renewed/">‘This morning on Asakhe’, a CITE</a> daily Twitter Spaces programme, the chairperson of the Zimbabwe Community in South Africa, Ngqabutho Nicholas Mabhena said they remain hopeful the South African government might change its mind. Mabhena said:
<blockquote>
“But if it does not happen it would not have happened and we encourage those that have properties in South Africa to avoid losing properties, in the event that you get deported or something happens that you take advantage of what the ambassador said that you register, indicate the property that you have, you take your property to  Zimbabwe so that if by any chance you get arrested, you are not going to lose any property.
</blockquote>
Mabhena also said they are hopeful that the Zimbabwean government will keep its promise in terms of ensuring that returning citizens will not be made to pay duty at the border
He said it is their view that the Zimbabwean government is not ready to welcome back ZEP holders because “our economy collapsed, and the people that are going back to Zimbabwe are not going to be getting any jobs to sustain themselves.”
Addressing the media in Pretoria last week, Zimbabwe’s Ambassador to South Africa <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/David_Hamadziripi">David Hamadziripi</a> said the government wants to assist citizens who voluntarily wish to return home before the expiry of their permits on 30 June.
The permit holders are also pinning hopes on the South African High Court to rule in their favour after the Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) challenged the non-renewal of the ZEPs.
The case will be heard in April.
Last year, Operation Dudula, an anti-immigrant group in South Africa, said <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/operation-dudula-says-zep-extension-an-insult-to-south-africans/">the extension of Zimbabwean Exemption Permits (ZEPs)</a> is an insult to South Africans. 
Some Context:
The ZEPs had provided legal protection to some 180 000 Zimbabweans and allowed them to reside, work, and attend school there.
The initial grace period for ZEP holders was 12 months, ending in December 2022, during which they could apply for another kind of permit or leave the country.
In September last year, the South African Home Affairs Department announced that it had extended the validity of the ZEPs to the end of June 2023.
Only about 6 000 permit holders have applied to be moved to other permits.
The permits were first issued in 2010 under the Dispensation of Zimbabweans Project (ZDP).
The programme was renewed in 2014 as the Zimbabwe Special Permit (ZSP) before the ZEP was introduced in 2017.
<h2><a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/">More Pindula News</a></h2>

South Africa: Zimbabweans Remain Hopeful The SA Govt Might Extend ZEPs

Zimbabwean ambassador to South Africa David Hamadziripi has denied accusations that the government is working on assisting ZEP holders to woo them to vote for ZANU PF in the upcoming general elections.
Addressing the media in Pretoria, South Africa on Thursday, Hamadziripi said the embassy will assist those who want to return home and will provide transport for them. He said, as quoted by <a href="https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/helping-zimbabwean-permit-holders-not-a-political-ploy-ambassador/">SABC News</a>:
<blockquote>
This exercise it has absolutely nothing to do with the upcoming elections in Zimbabwe.
It is not the government of Zimbabwe that took the decision that the ZEP is going to end on the 30th of June.
I think it’s typical cynicism translating everything into a political gamble. No, we are talking about people’s lives here.
</blockquote>
Hamadziripi also said he didn’t know how many undocumented and documented Zimbabweans were living in South Africa. He said:
<blockquote>
We don’t process entry into South Africa. Documented and undocumented Zimbabweans enter South Africa through various ports of entry.
South Africa doesn’t share with us the number of documented and documented compatriots.
</blockquote>

Helping Zimbabwean Permit Holders Not Politically Motivated - Ambassador

The Embassy of Zimbabwe in Pretoria on Thursday launched a mapping exercise in anticipation of the return of tens of thousands of Zimbabwe Permit holders from South Africa.
The mapping exercise, which was launched by Zimbabwe’s ambassador to South Africa, David Hamadziripi, will be in two phases.
The first phase will entail online registration, while the second phase will be for in-person registration.
A statement issued by the Embassy of Zimbabwe in Pretoria on 02 February 2023, reads:
<blockquote>
It will be recalled that on 29 November 2021, the government of the Republic of South Africa announced that it was not renewing the Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEP) which were then due to expire on 31 December 2021. 
It gave the ZEP holders a one-year grace period, up to 31 December 2022 to apply for waivers or for other visas. 
Subsequent to that announcement, the Minister for the Department of Home Affairs, announced on 2 September 2022 that the validity of the ZEP had been extended to 30 June 2023.
Since the announcement of the decision by the government of South Africa to not renew the ZEP, the government of Zimbabwe has stated, on numerous occasions, its readiness not only to welcome but also to facilitate those ZEP holders who wish to return to Zimbabwe.
In order to adequately prepare to do so, the Embassy and the Consulates of Zimbabwe will be conducting a mapping exercise to identify and register ZEP holders who wish to return home. 
The mapping exercise will be conducted in the course of February and March 2023, across all the Provinces of South Africa. 
This exercise is composed of two parts, the first being an online registration, while the second part involves physical visits by multisectoral teams to designated areas across South Africa. 
The teams will comprise officials from the Embassy, the Consulates and several government Ministries.
<h2>Phase 1</h2>
The first phase will entail an online registration where those who wish to be assisted are invited to register their details on that platform. 
The online registration will be open from 02 February to 03 March 2023. The details of the registration are as follows:
1. Link for registration
<a href="https://my.forms.app/form/63d6907a67afd02358f7346d">https://my.forms.app/form/63d6907a67afd02358f7346d</a>
2. Contact numbers, WhatsApp only:
Embassy in Pretoria: +27 637126156
Consulate in Johannesburg: +27 828249435
Consulate in Cape Town: +27 699116717
<h2>Phase 2</h2>
On dates to be announced soon, registration centres will be opened across South Africa for in-person registration.
The Embassy takes this opportunity to remind Zimbabwean nationals living in South Africa to be law-abiding citizens and respect the laws of the land.
</blockquote>

Embassy of Zimbabwe In SA To Register ZEP Holders

Zimbabwe’s ambassador to South Africa, David Hamadziripi, has appealed to his compatriots who reside in the neighbouring country to respect its laws.
Speaking in Pretoria on Thursday, Hamadziripi said not all Zimbabweans residing in South Africa are involved in criminal activities. He said:
<blockquote>
Clearly, it is like in any basket, you will get bad apples. There are those focused on them.
We have thousands of Zimbabweans making positive contributions in South Africa.
We don’t hear much about them. We hear (only) about those who tarnish the name of Zimbabwe.
In our country, we want everybody to respect the law. We also expect them to respect the laws of South Africa.
</blockquote>
Hamadziripi said Zimbabwe was worried about the ill-treatment of its citizens by South Africans. He said:
<blockquote>
Our route is through the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) to raise our concerns.
This is not the right thing to prevent people from accessing public services.
We have raised that with Dirco about such treatment. We wish those practices to stop.
Regarding those who were recently evicted from a building in Johannesburg, we interacted with authorities, including the police.
Our government has provided funding to assist those people who wish to return home.
Where our people need assistance, we have mobilised to help them.
</blockquote>
Hamadziripi said he didn’t know how many undocumented and documented Zimbabweans were living in South Africa. | <a href="https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/in-any-basket-you-get-bad-apples-ambassador-says-many-zimbabweans-do-good-in-sa-20230203">News24</a>

SA: Ambassador Hamadziripi Says Majority Of Zimbabweans Are Law-abiding

Zimbabwe’s embassy in South Africa says it has engaged the South African government to raise its concerns over remarks made by a local government official to a Zimbabwean citizen.
The Member of the Executive Council (MEC) of Health Limpopo Province, Dr Phophi Ramathuba, was recently filmed telling a Zimbabwean patient that illegal Zimbabwean immigrants were a burden to South Africa’s health delivery system.
Ramathuba also told the unnamed Zimbabwean patient who reportedly underwent surgery at Bela Bela Hospital in Limpopo Province that she should go back to Mnangagwa, in reference to Zimbabwe’s president, Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa.
The remarks apparently did not go down well with Zimbabwe’s government which then lodged a complaint to SA’s the Department of International Relations and Cooperation through its embassy in Pretoria.
In a public notice dated 26 August 2022, the Embassy of the Republic of Zimbabwe in Pretoria said:
<blockquote>
The Embassy of the Republic of Zimbabwe in Pretoria watched with shock and disbelief the video images) in which the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) of Health Limpopo Province, spoke to a Zimbabwean national who happened to be a patient in a hospital in the province.
The Embassy has been in contact with the government of South Africa, through the Department of International Relations and Cooperation, to who it has conveyed the concerns of the government of Zimbabwe on the comments made by the MEC.
</blockquote>
<h2>What did Ramathuba say?</h2>
She told the patient that Zimbabweans were putting a huge strain on the Limpopo Health Department’s budget and were treating South Africa “like a charity”. Said Ramathuba in the viral video:
<blockquote>
You’re supposed to be with Mnangagwa, he doesn’t give me money to operate you guys. Now I must operate you with my limited budget.
When you guys are sick, you decide to cross into Limpopo. That embassy in South Africa is a charity department, that’s what gets said.
The truth is painful: Limpopo has about 5.7 million people. Most of these citizens do not have medical aid. They rely on the state.
Instead of using my limited budget for what it is meant for, we’re here sorting out something Emerson Mnangagwa must do.
This is exactly why, when the people of Limpopo want access to health systems, they cannot get it. That is angering the community.
You guys aren’t even registered here, you are not counted, some are illegals. It’s unfair. I cannot go to Zimbabwe and get help.
</blockquote>

Zim Lodges Complaint With South Africa Over Phophi Ramathuba's Remarks

Zimbabwe’s ambassador to South Africa, David Hamadziripi said that there are no diplomatic tensions between Zimbabwe and South Africa over immigrants.
Speaking in an interview with The Sunday Mail’s Harmony Agere, Hamadziripi urged Zimbabwean nationals living in South Africa to respect the neighbouring country’s immigration laws.
This comes after South Africa’s government announced its decision to discontinue the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP), special permits that were granted to about 200 000 Zimbabweans and were renewed after every four years. Said Hamadziripi:
<blockquote>
I am not aware of any diplomatic tensions between Zimbabwe and South Africa over immigrants.
Concerning the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit, the Government of Zimbabwe has noted and acknowledged the sovereign decision taken by the South African government on that matter.
It has encouraged the concerned Zimbabweans to comply with that decision.
Both Zimbabwe and South Africa seek to ensure regular and orderly migration between and into their territories, hence the clampdown on irregular migration at Beitbridge.
</blockquote>
Hamadziripi also confirmed that South Africa has extended ZEP by another 12 months. He said:
<blockquote>
Yes, the validity of the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit has been extended to December 31, 2022.
Refer to the Minister’s (SA Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi) immigration directive.
</blockquote>
South Africa recently launched a blitz against illegal immigrants including Zimbabweans with hundreds deported in the past few days.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.sundaymail.co.zw/respect-sa-immigration-laws">The Sunday Mail</a></h4>

No Diplomatic Tensions Over Immigrants, Says Zim Ambassador To South Africa

Zimbabwe has accepted the decision by the South African government to discontinue the issuing of special permits to Zimbabweans living in the neighbouring country.
However, Zimbabwe’s ambassador to South Africa, David Hamadziripi said they will engage their counterparts for clarity on how they will implement the process.
On Thursday, South Africa’s Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele told a post Cabinet media briefing that they will not extend special permits to Zimbabweans which are due to expire at the end of this year.
He said the beneficiaries of the previous scheme have been granted a 12-month grace period to regularise their stay or face deportation.
Hamadziripi said permission for any national to stay in every country is based on the laws of that country, hence government accepts South Africa’s decision. He said:
<blockquote>
What we will do is to engage the SA government for purposes of understanding the implementation so that there is little disruption to the nationals and so that we share the necessary information.
As you may be aware the Zim exemption permit beneficiaries were in three categories. The professionals, some are self-employed or who have invested here and are tuning enterprises and some students were benefitting from the ZEP.
The decision that has been taken now invited them to do what has always been the concept and intention behind ZEP which was these individuals who were under the special dispensation were going to move to the normal immigration categories in this country.
This decision normalises the stay for citizens so we encourage them to follow the procedures that will be laid out to apply for permits and visas that are relevant to their category and the process will follow its course and decisions will be taken by the South African government. We encourage our nationals to follow the law.
</blockquote>
An estimated 180 000 Zimbabweans are beneficiaries of the special exemption permits, called the Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEPs).
The permits were first issued in 2010 under the Dispensation of Zimbabweans Project (DZP).
The programme was renewed in 2014 as the Zimbabwe Special Dispensation Permits (ZSPs) before they were introduced as ZEPs in 2017.
More: <a href="https://www.zbcnews.co.zw/govt-to-engage-sa-on-the-non-renewal-of-special-permits/">ZBC News</a>

Zimbabwe To Engage South Africa On The Non-renewal Of Special Permits

Zimbabwe’s Ambassador to the Republic of South Africa, David Hamadziripi, has warned citizens of a conman who is impersonating officials who work and have worked at the Embassy.
In a statement this Wednesday, Ambassador Hamadziripi said the conman moves around asking for money to transport donations availed by the Embassy to Zimbabwe.
Hamadziripi said the Zimbabwean embassy is not giving out any donations of any kind, therefore, members of the public should report the impostor to police.
We present the statement in full:
<blockquote>Members of the public are advised that it has come to the attention of the Zimbabwe Embassy in Pretoria that there is a conman who is impersonating officials who work and have worked at the Embassy.
The imposter is targeting unsuspecting Zimbabweans, mostly prominent people, and claiming that the Embassy is giving out donations of goods, mostly farming and mining equipment.
The conman then asks for money to transport the said donations to Zimbabwe. In some instances, the imposter offers to assist by expediting certain processes and ask for payment.
The Embassy would like to advise the public that the Embassy of Zimbabwe in South Africa is not giving out any donations of any kind.
Should anyone receive any message or call from anyone claiming to be an official from the Zimbabwe Embassy in South Africa and claiming to be offering a donation of any equipment or goods and asking for money to transport the said donation, do not entertain him.
Any such person would be a fraudster and a conman.</blockquote>

Zimbabwe's Ambassador To South Africa Warns Of Conman Impersonating Embassy Officials

An imposter who is reportedly posing as a Zimbabwean Ambassador to South Africa is reportedly looking for donations and soliciting money from prominent Zimbabweans living in South Africa, IOL News reports.
This was revealed in a statement by Zimbabwe’s ministry of foreign affairs said:
<blockquote>The impostor is targeting prominent Zimbabweans, claiming that the ambassador is giving out donations of goods of equipment of some kind. The impostor then asks for money to transport the said donation.
Please be advised that Ambassador David Hamadziripi, or the Embassy of Zimbabwe to South Africa is not giving out any donations of any kind. Should you receive any message or call from anyone claiming to be Ambassador David Hamadziripi, and claiming to offer a donation of any equipment or goods and asking for money to transport the said donation, do not entertain him.</blockquote>
The imposter who is also soft-spoken like the Zimbabwean Ambassador David Hamadziripi is reported to be using the email zimpretoria@gmail.com has reportedly spearheaded:
<blockquote>Various “economic diplomacy” initiatives across South Africa, and initiated several programmes for Zimbabweans in South Africa to contribute towards the Harare economy.</blockquote>
More: <a href="https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/conman-posing-as-zimbabwes-ambassador-to-sa-seeks-donations-46387493">IOL</a>

Conman Posing As Zimbabwe's Ambassador To SA Soliciting Money From Zimbabwean In South Africa

Zimbabwe’s ambassador to South Africa, David Hamadziripi, on Friday said he has directed the Johannesburg Consulate to verify the nationalities of four men arrested for allegedly killing a South African police officer in the city’s Diepsloot area.
Four men suspected to be Zimbabweans – Praymore Dube, Bongani Moyo, Mongameli Mpofu and another one only identified as Ronny – shot Detective Captain Oupa Matjie (54) in the neck and he died on the spot. Said Hamadziripi:
<blockquote>The nationalities of the Diepsloot murder suspects is yet to be verified.
You cannot claim that one is a Zimbabwean simply because of their accent without looking into their identity documents.
I have directed our officials at the Johannesburg Consulate to verify whether those suspects are indeed Zimbabweans or not.</blockquote>
The four men reportedly shot and killed Capt Matjie who was in the company of his colleague only identified as Sergeant Thipe last week.
The two were conducting a joint tracing operation with Diepsloot Crime Prevention following a case of attempted murder and robbery which occurred in the area.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/zim-to-verify-sa-cop-killers-nationality/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Herald</a></h4>

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