Digital nomads can make it harder for South Africans to find jobs while also increasing the cost of living and rentals in the cities they flock to. Digital nomads can make it harder for South Africans to find jobs while also increasing the cost of living and rentals in the cities they flock to.
Pending legislation could welcome more digital nomads to South Africa while also making it easier for companies to employ skilled foreigners.
“Digital nomads earn higher salaries and drive up living expenses in city centres like Cape Town and Johannesburg. This results in higher rents and food costs, pushing locals to move to the outskirts and spend hours in traffic to get to their place of work. Because of this decrease in quality of life, lucrative opportunities abroad or even just working remotely for an international company lure many skilled coders.
But these are big ifs and hinge on the proper implementation of government’s proposed legislation. More than that, citizens aren’t keen on well-paid foreigners taking over their cities and forcing them into a higher cost of living.
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