Visa mess at home affairs threatens thousands of jobs
work permit applications in South Africa is limiting expansion by German companies in the country and threatening operations that support 100 000 jobs, an industry association said.to improve an approval system and make it easier and quicker to get permits, the snarl-up that was exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic has limited the entry of skilled workers into a country that has a dire shortage of them.
Germany is South Africa’s third biggest single-country trading partner after China and the US, with two-way movement exceeding US$20-billion last year.
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