For nearly a decade Nontsizi Mgqwetho contributed poetry to a Johannesburg newspaper, "Umteteli wa Bantu", the first and only female poet to produce a substantial body of work in Xhosa. Apart from what is revealed in these writings, very little is known about her life. Authorities have been seeking to regularise the staying of qualified Zimbabweans immigrants through special dispensation permits. So although special permits should last through to 2017, they require Zimbabweans to return home and apply for an extension from there. The ACDP along with many Zimbabweans who have made a life and a home in South Africa is pleased to see that Zimbabweans in South Africa will soon no longer need to make the costly journey home to process their permits as modalities of being finalised to extent the permit renewable deadline from South Africa. The ACDP recognises efforts by the department to make it easier to get experts and skills in general into South Africa to promote growth through skilled