Ramaphosa: We are prioritising immigration reform to attract skilled foreigners

[Jopie Fourie]

The government has prioritised immigration reform to attract skilled workers to the country, president Cyril Ramaphosa confirmed in his latest newsletter, released on Monday morning.

This has been an important part of finance minister Tito Mboweni's growth plan, which proposed friendlier immigration regulations for foreigners with tertiary qualifications from accredited institutions.

In order to attract investment that will boost the SA economy, government is also working on improving business conditions through reforms such as an e-visa process and an electronic deeds registry system, Ramaphosa said in the newsletter.

He stressed the importance of attracting foreign direct investment and he shared government's plans to improve the ease of doing business in the country. The president is currently in London, he will be addressing the Financial Times Africa Summit 2019 – which is a gathering of business people and investors.

Ramaphosa: We are prioritising immigration reform to attract skilled foreigners | Business

This has been an important part of finance minister Tito Mboweni's growth plan.

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[Sinbad]

Dear Squirrel

Immigration is not the biggest barrier to attracting skilled foreigners.
The fact that there is a brain drain indicates that there is a more fundamental problem here.
SA is NOT a desirable destination for the cream of skilled workers.

Sort out what drives people away, and you will see a difference.

 

[Jopie Fourie]

Shame, poor old Cyril and his cronies in Government still do not understand why they are not getting any foreign investment or why skilled people are leaving the country. Skilled people are educated people and they will not return to the country no matter what the ANC does. If they really want to get the economy going again, they immediately need to do away with AA, BEE, labour unions, stupid labour laws, stop the NHI, EWC, Appropriations, etc. But, I fear it may be too late for this even. The people saw their colours and this will be threat in future too.

 

[BBSA]

Just stop your socialist and anti-business policies, then the skilled workers will not leave in the first place.

 

[DreamKing]

investors != donors

still don't understand?

 

[konfab]

Will they be discriminating against the foreigners based on their skin colour like they do to white South Africans?

 

[NarrowBandFtw]

Will they be discriminating against the foreigners based on their skin colour like they do to white South Africans?

does the pope shyte in the vatican?

of course they will, hell white South Africans are foreigners to many who keep telling us to "go back to Europe"

 

[TheChamp]

Will they be discriminating against the foreigners based on their skin colour like they do to white South Africans?

Zimbabweans will obviously have first preference, black Zimbabweans, it would have nothing to do with colour though but their good work ethic.

 

[NarrowBandFtw]

quite a typical approach though, like big corporates who simply don't give a toss about their employees: if your staff retention becomes a problem, you recruit harder, no need to work on the root cause ...

 

[Zoomzoom]

What else is there to say. People leaving are not the root cause of the problem - the economy, Eskom, Zuma, corruption, crime, crime, crime, corruption, crime, rising costs, corruption, some more crime and lastly a bit more corruption are the problem. Fix that first.

 

[Binary_Bark]

It's your idiotic cANCer policies that is causing people to leave in the first place Rama****

 

[Acid0]

Ok so we dont even want the current foreigners here, how would MORE of them help.

It will just be bigger xenophobia instead of small incidents .....

 

[Moosedrool]

But this is South-Africa!? I thought without foreigners all the skills exist to create a prosperous Wakanda.

 

[HBee]

Any plans there to improve the burden on SA citizens, or is all focus on moodeys, eskom and foreigners at the expense of the locals?

 

[akescpt]

kak versin. why not make us safer so that your citizens stay?

****ing revolutionary thought i know.

 

[TheChamp]

kak versin. why not make us safer so that your citizens stay?

****ing revolutionary thought i know.

But skilled and educated foreigners are a good thing anyway mos? Regardless of people leaving or staying.

 

[akescpt]

But skilled and educated foreigners are a good thing anyway mos? Regardless of people leaving or staying.

but surely an easy win is to keep people that's already here. they so worried about tax. is the tax the foreigners pay comparable to what citizens pay?

 

[ArtyLoop]

Well done Ramadingdong you racist POS.
What about all the skilled people in SA who can't get hired because of colour of the skin....

 

[Hansolo]

of course they will, hell white South Africans are foreigners to many who keep telling us to "go back to Europe"

If only I could. I would go tomorrow. Stupid great, great grandparents?

 

[Drifter]

This ^^^