An increasing number of skilled South Africans are looking to emigrate according to recruiting firm, the Induku Consulting Group, which says that contrary to popular belief more black professionals are looking to make the move.<\/p>\n
“In South Africa, while many thought emigration was only a phenomenon amongst white professionals, in recent years, it is known that the number of black professionals leaving South Africa has exceeded white emigrants,” the group said.<\/p>\n
“New Zealand, Australia and Canada remain viable destinations to emigrate to. The inability to amass sufficient points has however found many families being denied access with their visa applications being disapproved.<\/p>\n
“The USA and pursuing ‘the American dream’ would appear to be a real and attractive alternative.”<\/p>\n
This aligns with recent findings<\/a> <\/strong>by the Enterprise Observatory of South Africa (EOSA) which looked at how South Africa\u2019s financial and business sector has shrunk dramatically over the last 10 years.<\/p>\n The EOSA\u2019s Johannes Wessels said that the 2017 government white paper on migration found that for every South African emigrating to South Africa, eight are leaving.<\/p>\n The same white paper showed that the average number of black professionals leaving the country exceeds the number of white South Africans leaving.<\/p>\n This shows that black South Africans are also voting with their feet and that the push factors behind this mass emigration impacts everyone, he said.<\/p>\n