WORLDVIEW: The bitter truth about emigration

Reliable statistics on emigration are hard to come by in South Africa, but anecdotal evidence seems to suggest that the number is relatively high.
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By Felicity Duncan

Reliable statistics on emigration are hard to come by in South Africa. As the government has pointed out, those who are leaving are under no obligation to inform the government of their plans. But anecdotal evidence seems to suggest that the number is relatively high.

This is cause for plenty of lamentations among South Africans, including the highest echelons of government. And, of course, these lamenters are correct: the emigration of skilled workers, especially young ones, is a big cost to the country in the form of lost tax revenue, potential entrepreneurship, and skilled labour.

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