Opinion | Attracting skilled immigrants key to South Africa’s future, by Busi Mavuso
needs skilled immigrants, yet our current visa regime makes it very hard to get them. That makes it more difficult for businesses to expand their operations. Foreign companies cannot commit to major investments in South Africa when they cannot be confident that they can send their top people into the country.
The Vulindlela report details the economic benefits of skilled immigration, including that it improves employment of unskilled labour and increases taxes generated. It also details the incredibly cumbersome visa application process, much of which is handled manually in physical paper form, which can easily get lost or damaged.
These regulations could greatly improve the business environment. Already businesses have been grappling with the loss of skills through emigration – the Vulindlela report notes that 900 000 workers emigrated in 2020, mostly to the UK and Australia. The vastly streamlined visa process will enable businesses to partly overcome this loss.
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