Experts raise alarm bells around if new plans to attract more skills in South Africa are realistic.
Following a slew of announcements seeking to promote skilled workers to make their way to South Africa, including a remote working visa, experts have raised concern over whether they are realistic.
Notably, despite the talk of a remote working visa, no further information or timeline has been provided. There has also been zero progress made by the Department of Home Affairs on implementing the visas. A points-based system, used by places like Canada, assigns points to selected criteria, such as education level, years of experience, wealth, and more.
“This certainly seems like an extension of that function to make it easier for these companies who need to bring in skills regularly and on an ongoing basis, so it is an extremely good development,” said Jacobs.According to Jacobs, the realities of the proposals are far bleaker than they set out to be.
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