The New South Africans

August 2005
Every year an estimated ten thousand people emigrate from South Africa, however the huge population of Africans trying to immigrate into South Africa is often overlooked.

Despite the numbers of Africans wishing to live and work in South Africa, the immigration system is far from perfect. Visas and immigration papers can be difficult to obtain, choices available are not obvious and once papers are submitted it can take up to 14 years before receiving South African citizenship. Perceived opinions of immigrants 'stealing' jobs rather than 'contributing' and Home Affair sub-divisions not educated effectively on the immigration process also adds to the difficulty of immigrating.

The growth of technology has made South Africa a "global village" and thus needs to accept a "movement amongst people". With other countries such as Nigeria able to issue visas within 48 hours, South Africa's Home Affairs have had to improve their steps towards "liberalising legal immigration". The recent Immigration Amendment Act is starting to take effect and enhancing ways of attracting those with certain skills, improving regulations and controls as more user friendly and welcoming other Africans into South Africa.

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[JacquesT2]

How can the ANC justify employing even a single foreign worker when South Africa has an unemployment rate above 50% !! And I know of a lot of highly educated but unemployed South Africans, just because of the colour of their skin.

[JacquesT2]

Wow, what a load of crap! This documentary only proves RACISM against WHITE South Africans. Highly educated white South Africans cannot find work in South Africa, because of such racist policies of the ANC government. They will rather employ so called educated foreign blacks than a white South African. I say "so called" because blacks either BUY their degrees or acquire them at black quota pass rate institution. Not to mention the standard of tertiary education in the rest of Africa.

[mountwilson1]

...you mean apartheid brutalised the black South Africans now brutalising other black Africans?

[dlfunky1]

@JacquesT2 who cares about the white south africans frankly they are lucky they still live! there they brutalised black people for decades do you think anyone gives a monkeys about them?

[Microglia1]

I'm a Japanese physician...and I'm now in SA. More physicians will be coming. The whites only complain. I'm sure there will be more educated people coming to SA in the future years. There are Chinese here now too. Very interesting and beautiful country.

[bgibb101]

@JacquesT2 - Bang on target. the ANC are supposedly building up a "non-racial" society. i guess that means that no races are allowed to prosper except for blacks.

[Nappitude21]

@JacquesT2 hahah ain't karma a bitch :)

[Nappitude21]

@JacquesT2 hahah know u know how it feels lol...i love karma

[jumpa305]

There is no black in the rainbow either as well as white...dumbasses...lol So whatever you are trying to imply about white people is complete bullshit.