SABC News reports that Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba has announced that the process of applying for the Lesotho Special Permit will not be reopened.
The process is an amnesty for Lesotho nationals who live, work or study in South Africa illegally. The Department of Home Affairs received about 120,000 applications, of which 3,119 permits have been collected. Gigaba said the process had run its course and that the undocumented migrants in South Africa emanating from Lesotho were now documented.
- A short report is at SABC News
- See too, SA will not mimic Trump in Lesotho deportations, Malusi Gigaba assures, at BusinessLive
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