JONATHAN JANSEN | Bit by bit, South Africans are becoming solutions for others
The most talented youth who do have options are emigrating, leaving South Africa with two serious consequences for development
29 March 2023 - 21:44
Two disturbing images haunt me this week. One, on Twitter, was that of a father saying goodbye to his son, wife and little girl as they passed through security at the airport to make their home in New Zealand. Smiling as they looked back, the father weighed his loss. At least the young family would be spared the horrors of what South Africa has become. ..
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