Lesotho special permits will end in 2023 – Aaron Motsoaledi

South Africa plans to end most special permits for foreigners as it revamps its immigration policies to manage an influx of economic migrants.

The government announced that a special dispensation allowing Zimbabweans to live and work in South Africa will expire at the end of this year, while similar concessions for about 90 000 people from neighbouring Lesotho will expire in 2023 and won’t be extended, Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said.

Permits for Angolan residents were terminated in August 2021. Motsoaledi gave assurance to South African citizens that as long as he’s still the minister of Home Affairs everything will be done the right Way without Fears and Favours.