Expatriates
latest news & developmentsTreasury 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.
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".
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.
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.
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
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
Many professionals who left South Africa appear to be coming back home writes <b>Hamilton Wende</b>.
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.