EconomySouth Africa’s textile industry in crisis after migrant workers flee
South Africa’s textile sector is facing a serious workforce shortage after thousands of migrant workers left the country in recent months. Their departure followed violent protests targeting foreigners. The anti-immigrant group March and March said its campaign aimed to make jobs available to South Africans, about one-third of whom are unemployed. Factory owners in Newcastle say they still have not managed to fill the vacancies left by foreign workers.
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South Africa’s textile industry in crisis after migrant workers flee
Economy