Helen Suzman Foundation Annual Report 2023

We’ve had an enormously successful year of advancing HSF’s mission through public interest litigation, engagement with law and policy makers, and by providing spaces for deliberative public dialogue. This report aims to highlight the work that encompasses each of these avenues, and we appreciate you taking the time to reflect over the past year with us. A highlight of our public interest litigation remains the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) case, where judgment was handed down on 28 June 2023. In a significant victory for ZEP holders and their families—and indeed all South Africans concerned with fair, reasoned government decision-making—the court held that they were entitled to a fair process, due consultation, and sound reasoning when decisions of calamitous moment are made regarding their lives and livelihoods. →