78% of businesses rate SouthAfrica’s VISA regime as ‘very poor’, says finance minister Mireille Wenger. immigration
Posted on July 20, 2023 06:00
Members of the Confederation of South African Workers’ Unions protest against government mismanagement in Johannesburg on 6 July 2023. Frustrated by the lack of visas for their foreign workers, businesses in South Africa are moving overseas. “I graduated here in South Africa in 2019 and gained experience working remotely for a Dutch firm, but have been unable to grab a skilled visa despite receiving three job offers here,” says Dephine, a database design specialist from Zimbabwe.The Southern African-German Chamber of Commerce and Industrybecause South Africa won’t quickly approve the skilled visas required to bring trained foreign workers like machine technicians and CEOs.
German companies from Mercedes Benz to Bayer are some of the largest foreign employers in South Africa and trade between the two countries has
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