South Africa’s migration patterns over the last five years show parts of the country are facing skills and service shortfalls as more people move, says the Department of Human Settlements.
The department’s recently tabled annual performance plan shows the Eastern Cape has been the biggest loser in this regard, with the province seeing an outflow of -319,665 people between 2016 and 2021. This was followed by Limpopo , KwaZulu-Natal and the Free State .
While the loss of skills and workers is being felt by those provinces with a high number of out-migrants, the mass urbanisation of Gauteng and parts of the Western Cape has led to rapidly increasing service demands with the government having to quickly reallocate resources for these new residents. Data published by Statistics South Africa on 29 March shows that the country’s official unemployment rate rose 0.4 percentage points to a record 35.3% in the fourth quarter of last year.
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