After winning €500,000 on a scratchcard, a Nigerian migrant found himself unable to access the money — but now says receiving a residency permit is worth even more.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced sweeping new measures to tackle illegal immigration, while urging citizens to reject violence and leave law enforcement to the state.
South Africa’s Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Njabulo Nzuza, has urged Zimbabwean nationals holding Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEPs) to apply for permanent residency or alternative visas if they wish to remain in the country.
The rise of Reform as a disruptive force in British politics was initially dismissed as peripheral agitation—loud, certainly, but electorally marginal. Yet such dismissals misunderstood the nature of political influence.
LONDON - The United Kingdom (UK) is introducing a new Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) system for visitors from 85 visa-free countries starting today, 25 February 2026.
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) holders in South Africa are living under conditions comparable to “modern-day slavery,” according to Advocate Simba Chitando, who argued that the temporary nature of the permits has trapped thousands of migrants in long-term economic and legal insecurity despite decades of work and contribution to the South African economy.
HARARE - Zimbabwean nationals applying for United States B1/B2 visas for business or tourism will from 21 January be required to pay a visa bond of up to US$15,000, after the country was added to a US pilot visa bond programme.
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has widened its U.S. travel ban, adding several African and Middle Eastern countries and placing Zimbabwe among 15 nations facing tighter entry restrictions.
LONDON — People granted asylum in the United Kingdom will no longer be allowed to settle permanently under a major policy shift set to be announced Monday by UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood.
