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Skilled visa shake-up crucial for GDP growth, says former home affairs GD Mavuso Msimang

Former home affairs DG Mavuso Msimang says red tape blocking import of skills needs to be slashed

30 July 2023 - 00:00

By CHRIS BARRON

Highly-regarded former DG of home affairs Mavuso Msimang says it's “really worrying” that the government has taken so long to address the country's critical skills shortage while aware that “one of the major blockages to economic growth is the absence of skills”.

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