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SA Migration Newsletter
08 / 2023 |
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 SA Migration
International was created out of the need for a
specialist organization to assist people wishing to immigrate,
volunteer, work, bring family, study or open businesses in South
Africa.
Italy`s nationalist government approved a bill in the upper house of parliament on Thursday that aims to reduce the number of migrants who can claim some form of asylum and curb integration efforts.
Italy‘s nationalist government approved a bill in the upper house of parliament on Thursday that aims to reduce the number of migrants who can claim some form of asylum and curb integration efforts.
The bill, which still needs the approval of the lower house to become law, was drawn up after a shipwreck off southern Italy in February that killed more than 90 migrants.
A group of refugees camping outside the UN High Commissioner for Refugees` (UNHCR) offices in Pretoria. (Photo by Gallo Images/Luba Lesolle)
• Around 100 refugees have been camping outside of the UNHCR offices in Pretoria since May 2022.
• The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has ordered their eviction and relocation, which was meant to be executed on Wednesday.
• However, several of the refugees have said they would not leave without a fight.
A group of refugees camping outside the UN High Commissioner for Refugees` (UNHCR) offices in Pretoria have signalled their intention to fight against being evicted.
The group of around 100 refugees have been living on the pavements, in tents and makeshift structures, outside the offices since May 2022.
Mauritius is one of the top 10 African countries with the most millionaires.
• There are 52 African-born billionaires globally, and only 23 of them still live on the continent, according to the Henley & Partners Africa Wealth Report for 2023.
• There are 138 000 American dollar millionaires, 23 billionaires, and 328 people worth more than a hundred million in Africa.
• South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria, Kenya, and Morocco account for 56% of Africa`s high-net-worth individuals.
African billionaires are migrating, affecting the ability of countries on the continent to create employment, according to the Henley & Partners Africa Wealth Report for 2023.
The report noted that there were 52 African-born billionaires on the globe and that only 23 of them still lived on African soil, but not necessarily in their home countries
The South African economy has had its roughest downturn over the last three years, and despite ranking fairly well against fellow emerging economies in the BRICS block, the persisting challenges continue to threaten hopes of a thriving economy.
These rough times the economy is experiencing has also seen business withholding capital and some redirecting it to stabilizing operations by investing in alternative power supplies instead of expansions.
Previously when the same businesses were withholding capital, it was termed “investment strike” as the capital was not being redirected but simply withheld in a ‘wait and see’ silent protest.
Both scenarios have the same impact but this time the money is being invested in a different sector of the same economy.
The Helen Suzman Foundation has gone to court to challenge Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi`s decision to terminate the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit.
The permit allows around 178 000 Zimbabwean nationals to live and work in South Africa.
Arguments were based on whether the decision was administrative or executive and if it was procedurally unfair and irrational.
Was the decision not to renew the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) an administrative or executive action or was it irrational, antithetical to the Constitution and procedurally unfair?
These are some of the questions that a full bench of the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria will seek to answer before delivering judgment in a case relating to the effective termination of the ZEP.
Spain plans to back South Africa`s energy transition with R42 billion.
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• Spain plans to back South Africa`s energy transition and water needs with R42 billion in funding.
• The Spanish funding is a mixture of financial instruments, from development finance institutions.
• This funding is not part of the Just Energy Transition Partnership in which $8.5 billion was initially pledged.
Spain is providing €2.1 billion (R42 billion) to help fund South Africa`s energy transition and water needs, even as some of the world`s richest nations struggle to push forward on a ground-breaking climate-finance initiative with the country.
The Palace at Sun City Resort which is owned by Sun International. The company said SA should simplify its visa requirements for foreign travellers to boost tourism.
• Sun International says SA should fix its visa regime and make it easier for foreign visitors to come to the country.
• The owner of Sun City believes a simplification would result in a surge in tourism and help address the country`s dismal unemployment problem.
• There is particularly potential to attract tourists from China, which has about 140 million outbound travellers a year.
Sun International says SA is `scoring a couple of own goals` if it does not simplify its visa regime for foreign visitors.
Graham Wood, COO of the company, which owns Sun City along with other top hotels and casinos, said on Wednesday if SA allowed visas on entry - instead of forcing potential visitors to have to apply for them in their home countries - there was potential for the `floodgate to open`. SA
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Table of Contents
1. About SA Migration
2. Italy narrows asylum rights in new clampdown on immigration 3. Refugees camping outside of UN offices in Pretoria refuse to leave despite eviction order 4. African billionaire migration affecting job creation - wealth report 5. Amid economic hardships, investors see opportunity in South Africa 6. Zimbabwean permit: High Court considers if Motsoaledi`s decision is irrational or executive action 7. Spain to invest R42bn in South Africa`s energy transition, water projects 8. Sun International says SA is scoring `own goal` with overly complex visa regime
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