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Lesotho Special Permit deadline extended

Source: SABC, 01/10/2016

Malusi Gigaba says the process at the 11 application centres set up
throughout the country will continue until December 31.(SABC)
Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba says Lesotho nationals have until
December to regularise their stay in the country or face deportation.

Gigaba says the department will consider extending the deadline for
online applications later. The cut-off date is Saturday. The
department says over 82 000 Lesotho nationals have submitted their
applications.

Gigaba says the process at the 11 application centres set up
throughout the country will continue until December 31.

"We are now in the process of adjudicating those applications to see
if they comply with our requirements. But we've more numbers of people
up to 82 000 plus, who have submitted online applications and some
have not done their payments through EFT. We've since our meeting on
Friday with the minister of home affairs in Lesotho received a request
to consider extending the process until December."

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