Home Affairs to appeal Zim Exemption Permit ruling

STAFF REPORTER

Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says he will challenge the High Court ruling that declared unlawful, unconstitutional and invalid the decision by Home Affairs Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi to terminate the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP). 

In a statement issued on Thursday Motsoaledi says he has already instructed the legal representatives to launch an application for leave to appeal against the judgments and orders of the court without any further delay.

Motsoaledi believes that the decision he took was correct and took into consideration all the interests and rights implicated, including those of children.  

The full court delivered the judgments in the Helen Suzman Foundation vs the Minister of Home Affairs with the Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Africa case.

Motsoaledi said the judgment cannot go unchallenged as “they (court) set a dangerous precedent in that the finding of the court on the applicability or otherwise of