South Africa, whilst having a high unemployment rate (circa 25%), also has a large skill shortage in certain professions. Employers continually struggle to find the right candidates for certain roles and turn their attentions to recruiting abroad.
What work visa options exist?
South Africa offers a number of different work visas for prospective immigrants but all come from a philosophy of recruiting in skills that add to the South African economy but not at the expense of the South African worker. In essence offering suitable protection to citizens that job opportunities they could fulfil were not taken by foreign workers. [Read more...]
