Migrant exodus leaves South African employers short-handed
- South Africa is suffering a drop in its workforce, following the departure of thousands of foreign workers in the wake of a wave of xenophobic attacks, anti-migrant protests and intensified immigration enforcement.
- South African farmers are sounding the alarm – such as Lloyd Hadebe, deputy president of the Farmers' Association in KwaZulu-Natal, the region hardest hit by anti-immigration protests.
- "Labour shortages are already occurring on sugarcane farms, for instance" he told RFI's correspondent in South Africa, "because these sectors require manual labor on an almost daily basis.
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- South Africa is suffering a drop in its workforce, following the departure of thousands of foreign workers in the wake of a wave of xenophobic attacks, anti-migrant protests and intensified immigration enforcement.
- South African farmers are sounding the alarm – such as Lloyd Hadebe, deputy president of the Farmers' Association in KwaZulu-Natal, the region hardest hit by anti-immigration protests.
- "Labour shortages are already occurring on sugarcane farms, for instance" he told RFI's correspondent in South Africa, "because these sectors require manual labor on an almost daily basis.
Sources: RFI