Csand were those people ( newbies ) who got hired at wings not hired around January? One of them was from the Maun crowd who I know. When I departed Nam for Zam everyone was issued visas BUT these were people who were already in the pipeline for a few months and waiting not the new kids on the block.
Further just because visas are being issued does not mean that companies actually have spots open. This is what I was told when I left of course and I'm now only a few hours away by plane in Zanzibar so if things have changed ie hiring and visa's flying around then Ill be over there lickety split!