# South Africa’s textile industry in crisis after migrant workers flee

https://mins.news/en/item/16020

- France 24, 2026-08-07 09:35 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260807-south-africa-s-textile-industry-in-crisis-after-migrant-workers-fled-the-country

> 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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