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Farmers and agricultural workers are flooding into South Africa from neighbouring countries such as Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Namibia, and Mozambique.

This data was detailed in a recent Parliamentary Q&A, where the Department of Employment and Labour (DEL) was asked for the total number of work permits issued in the last financial year.

In response, the DEL explained that it provides recommendations on corporate work visa applications regarding the availability of local labour in various categories.

According to the department, it received 60 corporate work visa applications covering 6,255 migrant workers.

Of these, the DEL negatively recommended (rejected) 5,383 (86%) and positively recommended (approved) 872 (14%).

The approved visas included workers from several countries, including China, India, the Kingdom of Eswatini, Namibia, Mozambique, Lesotho, Pakistan, the UK, Israel, and Zimbabwe.

The various sectors included agriculture, education and training, manufacturing, mining, maritime, wholesale, and retail.

However, 91% (796) of the recommended approvals of work visas from the Department of Employment and Labour were for farmers and agricultural workers.

Most of these foreign agricultural workers came from neighbouring countries, Zimbabwe (445), Lesotho (250), Namibia (70), and Mozambique (30).

WHY ARE THEY COMING TO SOUTH AFRICA?

The chief economist of the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa (Agbiz), Wandile Sihlobo, told BusinessTech that these migrant farmers and workers are moving to South Africa for better opportunities and pay.

“South Africa’s agriculture is robust and growing. We had about 924,000 people working in primary agriculture at the end of the last quarter of 2024.

“There are workers in the sector from neighbouring countries who are attracted by competitive wages in South Africa’s agriculture,” he said.

“The revised agricultural Minimum Wage in South Africa is R28.79 per hour. In Namibia, the sectoral determination for farm workers is at R10 per hour.” This makes work in South Africa attractive, he said.

In some instances, Sihlobo added that farmers also provide lodging, which assists. Some, such as Lesotho, bring unique skills in sheep shearing, amongst other aspects.

However, Sihlobo stressed the importance of ensuring that South African workers receive primary work opportunities and that neighbouring countries supplement them when necessary.

Nigerian haters will be happy to hear as Trump offers Afrikaner farmers refugee visas, there are others from UK, Israel and Southern Africa wishing to fill their space 😎

RandDigital:
Nigerian haters will be happy to hear as Trump offers Afrikaner farmers refugee visas, there are others from UK, Israel and Southern Africa wishing to fill their space 😎

Nigerians this! Nigerians that! Yet you want to kpeme on a Nigerian forum.

Mariangeles:
Nigerians this! Nigerians that! Yet you want to kpeme on a Nigerian forum.

MariaDevilish, the first hater to bounce off the walls. Weren't you rejoicing Afrikaner farmers had been invited to leave SA? Don't wail over the antidote. For every Afrikaner that wants to leave, someone else is more than happy to fill their space under the wonderful South African sun😎

Shut up!

RandDigital:
MariaDevilish, the first hater to bounce off the walls. Weren't you rejoicing Afrikaner farmers had been invited to leave SA? Don't wail over the antidote.

I have no business with South Africa.
Nothing about them interests me.

Mariangeles:
Shut up!
.

😂😂😂 What a short fuse you have, MariaDevilish. Anyway, since you sprinted into this thread willingly, what are your thoughts on the subject?

I say shut up!

RandDigital:
😂😂😂 What a short fuse you have, MariaDevilish. [Anyway, since you ran into this thread willingly, what are your thoughts on the subject?

From now onwards
S.A means Stupid Africa

Do they not have herdsmen over dia?

Good for them. And gud one from SA. But if u like give me free SA visa and work permit, I nor go.

But here in Nigeria they flock in through Niger,Mali and Tchad for banditry and kidnapping collecting millions of naira ransom from their victims as their minimum wage.They even do giveaway on social media and the giant of nonsense with giant network can not track anyone of them till today.

WHY ARE THEY COMING TO NIGERIA?
It is because our leaders are clueless and deluded to manage the affairs of the country.

I'm waiting for South Africa to disappoint me by not being xenophobic towards the migrant farmers ...

But we all know that won't be possible. Bitterness, laziness, envy and bad character is encrypted in their DNA so they will soon start blaming the farmers for coming to steal their 'jobs'

Good for them

Hmmmm .. yimu! Wicket pple.

Check some people comment, you go just understand say "Love for their Country" no dey their mind at all.

Just check comment wen dey below my own.

Go thing is by their comment, you go know the area wen dem from.

Nigeria is a joke

It's a good opportunity for their poorer neighbours to earn more.

RandDigital:
Farmers and agricultural workers are flooding into South Africa from neighbouring countries such as Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Namibia, and Mozambique.

This data was detailed in a recent Parliamentary Q&A, where the Department of Employment and Labour (DEL) was asked for the total number of work permits issued in the last financial year.

In response, the DEL explained that it provides recommendations on corporate work visa applications regarding the availability of local labour in various categories.

According to the department, it received 60 corporate work visa applications covering 6,255 migrant workers.

Of these, the DEL negatively recommended (rejected) 5,383 (86%) and positively recommended (approved) 872 (14%).

The approved visas included workers from several countries, including China, India, the Kingdom of Eswatini, Namibia, Mozambique, Lesotho, Pakistan, the UK, Israel, and Zimbabwe.

The various sectors included agriculture, education and training, manufacturing, mining, maritime, wholesale, and retail.

However, 91% (796) of the recommended approvals of work visas from the Department of Employment and Labour were for farmers and agricultural workers.

Most of these foreign agricultural workers came from neighbouring countries, Zimbabwe (445), Lesotho (250), Namibia (70), and Mozambique (30).

WHY ARE THEY COMING TO SOUTH AFRICA?

The chief economist of the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa (Agbiz), Wandile Sihlobo, told BusinessTech that these migrant farmers and workers are moving to South Africa for better opportunities and pay.

“South Africa’s agriculture is robust and growing. We had about 924,000 people working in primary agriculture at the end of the last quarter of 2024.

“There are workers in the sector from neighbouring countries who are attracted by competitive wages in South Africa’s agriculture,” he said.

“The revised agricultural Minimum Wage in South Africa is R28.79 per hour. In Namibia, the sectoral determination for farm workers is at R10 per hour.” This makes work in South Africa attractive, he said.

In some instances, Sihlobo added that farmers also provide lodging, which assists. Some, such as Lesotho, bring unique skills in sheep shearing, amongst other aspects.

However, Sihlobo stressed the importance of ensuring that South African workers receive primary work opportunities and that neighbouring countries supplement them when necessary.

Gibberish! How is this trash our business here, Werey?!

RandDigital:
Nigerian haters will be happy to hear as Trump offers Afrikaner farmers refugee visas, there are others from UK, Israel and Southern Africa wishing to fill their space 😎

Sense is really far from you. Take heart.

COMRADES, honestly, I pity South Africa, because these white people are going to 'seize' the remaining 8% of the land in South Africa left for the black South Africans

RandDigital:
Nigerian haters will be happy to hear as Trump offers Afrikaner farmers refugee visas, there are others from UK, Israel and Southern Africa wishing to fill their space 😎

Does it means the black sad African can't do the farming

Good for them...!

Hope the xenophobes won't be triggered by this.

Meanwhile, a certain big country cannot even pay a minimum wage to her citizens which is one of the lowest on Earth.

RandDigital:
Nigerian haters will be happy to hear as Trump offers Afrikaner farmers refugee visas, there are others from UK, Israel and Southern Africa wishing to fill their space 😎

do you need Nigerians for validation?

why should nigerians be happy or otherwise with trump offering afrikaaners refugee visa?

hope at the end of the day, black south africans wont start lamenting that "others from UK, Israel" have now taken over south africa?

RandDigital:
MariaDevilish, the first hater to bounce off the walls. Weren't you rejoicing Afrikaner farmers had been invited to leave SA? Don't wail over the antidote. For every Afrikaner that wants to leave, someone else is more than happy to fill their space under the wonderful South African sun😎

You are actually an ignoramus.


Owners of farms is different from labourers.

Your IQ must be less than that of a cockroach for you to believe that labourers can replace farm owners.

SultanOfAbia:
From now onwards
S.A means Stupid Africa

I hate those clowns die

With their oblong large bald head

It looks like Ramaphosa and his people are just caretakers for the white south africans.

🧐🧐🧐i see all the haters that were rejoicing in past threads about white Afrikaners taking up Trump's offer to leave SA are here wailing and bouncing off the walls! How will they manage to sleep tonight from the shege SA keeps unleashing on them? 😭😭😭 This is total devastation for them 😂😂😂

RandDigital:
Nigerian haters will be happy to hear as Trump offers Afrikaner farmers refugee visas, there are others from UK, Israel and Southern Africa wishing to fill their space 😎

how lazy can u guys be not to work rather importing farmer,the white is planting only for there own why u guys can go to hell

MasterJayJay:
You are actually an ignoramus.
Owners of farms is different from labourers.
Your IQ must be less than that of a cockroach for you to believe that labourers can replace farm owners.

Go argue with Business Tech and Department of Labour who state clearly these are figures for both farmers and labourers.

I'm well aware its your nature to disregard facts in Nigeria and instead amplify fake news.