Experts back immigrant jobs plan, but say it needs a moral balance

There is a need to deal sympathetically with migrants from other African countries

20 February 2022 - 00:02

Business and economic experts say plans to safeguard local jobs with potential foreign employment limits in some categories is a step in the right direction in the battle to reduce SA’s crippling unemployment numbers.

But they argue the government must use a nuanced approach to tackle the country's record unemployment of nearly 35% to ensure this does not feed into anti-immigrant sentiment...

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