'Surely the situation leaves me with no choice but to live under the radar,' says a maths teacher who has been living in South Africa since 2008 and now faces possible deportation with the scrapping of the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit. Photos: Tariro Washinyira Three Zimbabweans who held Zimbabwean Exemption Permits, which the South African government has now scrapped, share their anxiety and anguish as they face deportation, uprooting their lives and children and starting all over again in Zimbabwe, or continuing to live in South Africa as undocumented aliens.

http://www.groundup.org.za/article/mass-destruction-of-lives-south-africas-immigration-policy-on-zimbabweans/

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Ephraim Simango and his mother Veronica who says she was speechless when she heard of her son's seven distinctions in matric. Photos: Peter Luhanga Twenty-year-old Ephraim Simango had to study between midnight and 6am to escape the noise in crowded Siyahlala informal settlement next to the N7 in Cape Town. But he still managed to collect seven distinctions in matric. Simango, who got the highest marks in Sinenjongo High School in Joe Slovo Park, has been accepted to the University of Cape Town to study science and engineering.

http://www.groundup.org.za/article/dunoon-matrics-beat-odds

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About 100 health workers convened on Sunday at Dan Qeqe stadium, Zwide, to show their disapproval after their contracts were terminated by the Eastern Cape Department of Health. Photo: Joseph Chirume Eastern Cape health care workers whose contracts were not renewed last December have warned that this will put pressure on already stretched permanent staff. About 100 workers affiliated to the South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) met on Sunday at Dan Qeqe stadium, Gqeberha, where they aired their grievances.

http://www.groundup.org.za/article/eastern-cape-health-workers-warn-about-staff-shortages

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