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Zimbabwe's PM Morgan Tsvangirai has been criticised after telling a religious audience that he and President Robert Mugabe were chosen by God to lead the nation and that people should pray for them, a report says.

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Special deal for Zim citizens to end

2010-09-02 11:49

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Tsvangirai slammed over 'God chosen remark'

War vets battle dispair

A dusty road leads to the village of Wedza, where veterans of Zimbabwe's liberation war eke out a meagre living on their farm cooperative, which after a promising start now brings only despair.

Cape Town - Cabinet has approved a proposal to end the special dispensation for Zimbabwean nationals introduced in April 2009, government spokesman Themba Maseko said on Thursday.

This followed a bilateral agreement between the South African and Zimbabwean ministers of home affairs, he told a media briefing following Cabinet's Wednesday meeting.

The special dispensation would end on December 31.

As part of the agreement, the Zimbabwean government had undertaken to issue documents to all its undocumented nationals, he said.

The decision sought to ensure that all foreign nationals residing in South Africa were documented and their presence regularised.

After December 31, all undocumented Zimbabweans would be treated like all others and their deportation would resume.

Zimbabwean nationals working, conducting business or studying in South Africa would be issued with a working permit, business permit or a study permit, provided they had valid Zimbabwean documents.

Issuing of various permits

There would be an amnesty for Zimbabweans who might have obtained South African identification documents fraudulently, on condition that such documents were returned to the home affairs department with immediate effect.

Those who returned the illegal documents would be issued with the relevant permits.

The two governments would establish a joint monitoring and evaluation committee to oversee implementation of this policy decision.

Issuing of various permits would commence between now and December 31, and the deportation of undocumented Zimbabweans would resume after this date.

A similar process would be initiated for nationals from other neighbouring countries in future, Maseko said.

- SAPA

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