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South Africans working in countries such as the United Arab Emirates and earning more than R1-million will have to pay more income tax than they were previously because of amendments to tax laws. (Duncan Chard/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

Treasury widens SA’s tax net

Despite outrage over its planned ‘expat tax’ amendments, the state says closing the personal income loophole is in line with international practice

Ethiopian expatriates mobilise to keep famine at bay

The threat of severe food shortages in Ethiopia motivated Abebe Haregewoin and other expatriates into action, creating a Go Fund Me page.

Expats lose out over scramble for local talent in Africa

Increased labour regulation by governments makes it is easier to fill executive jobs with local candidates, rather than expatriates.

In 2024, 64 countries will head to the polls for national elections (Gallo)

SA’s expats vote for their half-seat rep

The number of South Africans who registered to vote would probably yield half a parliamentary seat. But expats wasted no time casting their votes.

‘So far so good’ – IEC on expats voting

As voting stations opened in different parts of the world, the Independent Electoral Commission says the election process for expats is "going well".

The Inkhata Freedom Party won a ward seat from the ruling party in Albert Luthuli

Dirco: Expats will be able to vote

The department of international relations and co-operation has dismissed a report that voters living abroad would not be able to vote.

Expatriates vote for half an MP

Political parties are fighting for scraps when it comes to the votes of those living abroad.

Expats can now vote in SA elections abroad

South African citizens living overseas will be given their first-ever chance to register abroad to vote in the upcoming national elections.

As South Africans, we have seen in the early years of our democracy what innate good the country and its people possess
 (Gallo)

Khaya Dlanga: Take your 20 years of democracy and suck it!

How is it possible that South Africa is a better place now than in 1994, asks a disgruntled South African expatriate.

DA goes to court for expat provincial voting rights

The DA is asking the Western Cape High Court to allow South Africans living abroad to vote for candidates in the provincial legislature.

Gift Ngoepe is the first black South African to be offered a professional baseball ­contract.

Born in the RSA – and big in the USA

They make up but a handful of the immigrant population to the US, but an impressive number of South Africans have risen to the top of their fields.

Breathing life into the ANC abroad

Breathing life into the ANC abroad

Reviving the party’s once powerful branch in the United Kingdom was never going to be easy. <b>Rob Boffard</b> reports from London.

Hope returns — behind high walls

Hope returns — behind high walls

Many professionals who left South Africa appear to be coming back home writes <b>Hamilton Wende</b>.

Extreme weather is not the only bad news Americans have faced lately

On being foreign

What’s my country? Well, that’s complicated. Welcome to the globalised future of unbelonging writes <b>Tanya Pampalone</b>

The curious case of the ex-South Africans

Most emigrants are still whites motivated by fear, but life as an expat isn’t always easy, writes Ilham Rawoot.

No word yet on expat vote numbers

There was no word yet from the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) on Thursday on how many South Africans had voted overseas.

Expats upbeat as voting day winds down

South Africans across the globe showed up on Wednesday to vote, and for most making their mark in a foreign land was a momentous occasion.

DA to propose new expat voting law

Having won the greater part of what it went to court for, the DA is now proposing new legislation to clean up the whole business of the expat vote.

DA: Vote ruling will change election result

The DA predicted on Thursday that the court ruling allowing expatriates to vote would improve the party’s performance in the April 22 elections.

Court grants expat vote

South Africa’s highest court ruled on Thursday that citizens living abroad should be allowed to vote in the country’s general election next month.