South Africa’s critical skills crisis – companies are desperate

South Africa faces a skilled worker crisis, but an improved visa system could see foreigners fill crucial jobs.

Skilled South Africans are emigrating out of the country for new opportunities abroad, which has also been exacerbated by load shedding and a challenging economic environment. Thus, the shortage of skilled workers could be filled by foreign nationals in the short and medium term; however, the strict and currently backlogged South African visa process makes gaining a South African work visa extremely difficult.

XpatWeb said that these statistics are similar to the previous survey.

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