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On Monday, Operation Dudula protested outside the Pretoria High Court in opposition to the extension of the Zimbabwe exemption permit (ZEP).
As Dudula members sang and marched outside the Supreme Court, a section of Madiba Street was closed off.
WATCH: Hundreds of #OperationDudula marching to Pretoria High Court to oppose the extension of unlawful ZEP.
Follow @PSAFLIVENEWS pic.twitter.com/h2EMSfkPGm— PSAFLIVE (@PSAFLIVE) February 6, 2023
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Pretoria High Court today, opposing extension of ZEP Permits #NoToZimPermits #ZimbabweansMustGoHome ?#PutSouthAficansFirst #OperationDudula pic.twitter.com/NvqZACZrZp
— Kwena Molekwa 🇿🇦 (@Ruraltarain_2) February 6, 2023
All South African jobs are for South Africans till there’s no a South African without a job, non negotiable #OperationDudula #PutSouthAficansFirst pic.twitter.com/w1iVGr9048
— Morwa-Matome (@Pheaga10) February 6, 2023
The Helen Suzman Foundation has filed a court application seeking a review of the legality of home affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi’s decision to terminate the ZEP.
The foundation wants the Pretoria High Court to declare Motsoaledi’s decision to terminate the ZEP and grant a 12-month extension illegal, unconstitutional, and invalid.
The foundation’s application is being opposed by the minister of home affairs. Despite Motsoaledi’s extension of the permit until June, the foundation is still pursuing its legal challenge to the termination of the ZEP.
Operation Dudula has asked the court to join the case as a respondent.
Dan Radebe, National Deputy Chairperson of Operation Dudula, stated that they are protesting the extension of ZEPs.
“We are here to demonstrate our dissatisfaction with the extensions of ZEPs because the moment you extend it for another six months, it means you are saying to South Africans, they have become accustomed to poverty, so they can hold on for another six months, while these foreigners take South African jobs and things like that,” he said.
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“We are here to demonstrate to the court that we are not happy with the extension of the ZEP, and this is not limited to the ZEP.
“Today is also about us applying to be part of the proceedings.”
Radebe said in the application they seek to have all ZEPs declared illegal “because they were never gazetted”.
“I don’t remember in parliament or any document where South Africans were consulted — somebody just woke up and decided to issue the Zimbabweans with exemptions,” he said.
The case is scheduled to be heard in April.