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South Africa losing critical skills

Source: ENCA, 17/07/2019

In South Africa, this coincides with a large number of professionals
emigrating from here to greener pastures.
Xpatweb found that companies struggle to find these skills locally
and the countryâ€™s visa process is making it tough to acquire them
from abroad.
â€œWe are competing for those skills globally its not just the brain
drain thatâ€™s causing it is just the demand thatâ€™s outweighing the
supply,â€ said Marisa Jacobs from Xpatweb.
https://youtu.be/VcXFWBFgkjw
Home Affairs is denying its visa process is making it hard to attract
skilled workers to the country.
â€œIf you are critically skilled first day we offer you permanent
residence as an entire family, so you donâ€™t have to worry about your
spouse your kidsâ€
The department has a list of such critical skills but a leaked draft
is being criticised for being too condensed, excluding many necessary
skills.

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