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

https://mins.news/en/video/16015

- France 24 English, 2026-08-07 09:34 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByyY6Ha02tU

> South Africa’s textile sector is confronting a workforce crisis after thousands of migrant workers left the country in recent months. Their departure followed violent xenophobic protests linked to the anti-immigrant group March and March. The campaign sought to open jobs for South Africans, one-third of whom are unemployed. Yet factory owners in Newcastle say they have still been unable to fill the vacancies left by foreign workers who fled.

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