Posts tagged with 'Emmigration'

 

New stats show a few South Africans trying to emigrate to liberal New Zealand as refugees, and failing! However many succeed as students & residents

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New statistics published by New Zealand Immigration shows how South Africans have been trying to emigrate to the country using refugee status, and failing.
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ANC-regime needs money! South Africa’s big expat tax is coming – and financial emigration isn’t the quick fix you think it is

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South Africa’s big expat tax is coming – and financial emigration isn’t the quick fix you think it is

While financial emigration may be a viable option for a small minority of individuals who will be hit by South Africa’s coming ‘expat tax’, for the majority, it’s likely to be a costly exercise which won’t provide significant tax relief in the long-term. This is according to Ettiene Retief of the South African Institute of..
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Emigration: Where most South Africans leave for, and what jobs they do

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Emigration: Where most South Africans leave for, and what jobs they do

Thanks to this new emigration website, we can track where South Africans are leaving for as they seek to carve out a new life for themselves overseas. A fresh batch of emigration data has shown a sharp rise in the number of applicants over the past few years, as South Africans – almost en-masse –..
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The Great Migration: Hordes of Skilled South Africans Are Leaving SA’s Sunny Shores

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The Great Migration: Hordes of Skilled South Africans Are Leaving SA’s Sunny Shores

Amid the high crime rate, loss of job security, and political uncertainty, South Africans are leaving the country in significant numbers looking for greener pastures. On tonight’s episode of Carte Blanche (available for expats to stream from Tuesday), presenter Derek Watts looks at the rising number of skilled and educated South Africans – from medical..
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Shocking number of skilled professionals leaving SA – for every one professional coming to the country, eight are leaving – black emigrants exceeds whites

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Shocking number of skilled professionals leaving SA - for every one professional coming to the country, eight are leaving

Qualified and skilled professionals are leaving South Africa in droves in search of better opportunities for them and their families. The ongoing problems of crime, economic uncertainty, political problems, affirmative action, BEE and unemployment are driving citizens to look for greener pastures overseas. The loss of skills through emigration is enormous – for every one..
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Shocking number of South Africans selling up and leaving the country

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The FNB Estate Agents Survey results for the first quarter of 2019 has shed some light on the current market activity and sentiment. Shockingly, the survey reveals a massive jump in the number of people selling up and leaving the country. According to the lender, estate agents did not perceive further slowing in housing demand in the first quarter of 2019. Their average estimate for “serious viewers per show house prior to sale” was 9.97 viewers per show house, virtually the same as the estimate of the prior quarter. This, however, still languishes behind the historical average of 11.95 viewers since 4Q06, noted FNB economist, Siphamandla Mkhwanazi. In addition, agents did not perceive a further weakening in the balance between demand and supply in the first-quarter survey. The average time of homes on the market moved sideways at 15 weeks and 3 days from 15 weeks and 6 days in 4Q18, putting a break on a broadly rising trend since the end of 2015. “This is significantly lower than the most recent peak of 17 weeks and 6 days in 3Q18. “Notwithstanding, this suggests that current demand levels are still insufficient to mop up available supply of housing stock on the market, when compared to the long-term average of 13 weeks and 4 days since inception of the survey question in 4Q04,” said Mkhwanazi. Reasons for selling Estate agents perceive “Downscaling because of life stage” as still the most prominent reason for selling a property in South Africa, with such sales accounting for 23% of all sales, flat from the previous quarter, FNB said. However, emigration-driven sales now account for 14.2% of all sales, a big jump from 10% in 4Q18. “In fact such sales, according to estate agents, have doubled in the past two years and are, as expected, more prominent in the coastal areas and in upmarket segments,” Mkhwanazi said. On a slightly positive note, although downscaling due to financial pressure has become increasingly prominent in the past year, the estimated proportion of such sales eased to 15.9% in 1Q19, from 19% in 4Q18, FNB said. Of those who sell due to financial pressure, an estimated half opt for the rental market, and the other half opts for a cheaper property. The proportion of those who opt for rentals has, over the past year, been rising, only retreating in 1Q19 at approximately 49.01% from 68.01% in 4Q18, the lender said. “However, these trends do not appear to have benefited the rental market, as vacancies are reported to be increasing and rental inflation continues to languish below inflation. One explanation could be that households are consolidating in the rental market, opting for shared space,” said Mkhwanazi. Similarly, the survey showed a rising trend of communal living property purchases. FNB define this as people buying property jointly with friends or other extended family members with a view to living together to share expenses/repayments. The 1Q19 results show that 15.9% of respondent agents are seeing this trend increasing in their respective markets, up from 12.7% in 4Q18. “This consumer behaviour is not surprising when viewed in the context of housing expenses outpacing wage growth, and consistent with other manifestations of consumer pressures in adjacent markets, such as the passenger car market wherein total volumes are declining but the proportion of SUVs (family-oriented cars) is rising,” said Mkhwanazi.

The FNB Estate Agents Survey results for the first quarter of 2019 has shed some light on the current market activity and sentiment. Shockingly, the survey reveals a massive jump in the number of people selling up and leaving the country. According to the lender, estate agents did not perceive further slowing in housing demand..
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ANC government welcomes foreign nationals in SA and will give them support in getting legal documentation – migrants are flooding SA, taking away job opportunities and exploiting health-care system and the ANC-regime welcomes it

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ANC government welcomes foreign nationals in SA and will give them support in getting legal documentation - migrants are flooding SA, taking away job opportunities and exploiting health-care system

Committed to ensuring that foreign nationals received support– “We welcome everyone to come through the front door.” The African National Congress (ANC) says it will deal decisively with illegal and undocumented immigrants in the country. The party’s security cluster said this on Sunday in a briefing at Luthuli House on security and stability. But it..
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It’s not just medical staff looking to find their place in the sun elsewhere in the world, as statistics show that more and more whites are leaving South Africa

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It's not just medical staff looking to find their place in the sun elsewhere in the world, as statistics show that more and more whites are leaving South Africa

It is not just only the dozens of medical staff leaving the country to find happiness and new beginnings somewhere else, as statistics show that more and more whites are leaving the South-Africa. Among the main reasons being stated are the never-ending corruption, the persistent violence that becomes unsustainable, and the unemployment rate that forces..
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Australia: Government lists 117 occupations which need foreign workers – It’s a very good day indeed for any South Africans thinking of finding work in Australia. A lucrative offer has been made by the government, but comes with T’s & C’s

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Australia: Government lists 117 occupations which need foreign workers - It's a very good day indeed for any South Africans thinking of finding work in Australia. A lucrative offer has been made by the government, but comes with T's & C's

If you’re planning on going to work in Australia, you may never get a better chance than this. Their government have embarked on a wildly ambitious plan to bring more foreign employees into the country, but it comes with a few requirements. How can I apply to work in Australia? For starters, you won’t be..
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#LandExpropriation: South-African farmers are now leaving SA for Canada due to uncertainty created by the South African government’s move to expropriate land without compensation

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#LandExpropriation: South-African farmers are now leaving SA for Canada due to uncertainty created by the South African government's move to expropriate land without compensation

Due to uncertainty created by the South African government’s move to expropriate land without compensation, several South African farmers are migrating to settle in other countries, agricultural industry association Agri SA said on Wednesday. “This is extremely serious, and the knock-on effect on the whole economy is going to be there. If you don’t have..
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