Don’t emigrate – stay and fight for the change this country needs
Through emigration, the country is losing its most valuable assets: people that, as a developing economy, it can’t afford to lose
11 February 2024 - 00:00
A few years ago I had a chat with a friend about emigration. I bemoaned the fact that an increasing number of well-to-do individuals, educated at great cost to the state, were leaving the country, thus depriving it of its already depleted skills base and income by way of taxes...
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