Semigration wave in South Africa – where people are moving

South Africa’s economic powerhouse, Gauteng, continues to sport the lion’s share of the country’s migration, while the Western Cape has seem highest net increase of people from other provinces coming in.Internal migration refers to the movement of people within the country’s borders from one geographic area to another.

Looking at inter-provincial migration, 295,908 people came to the Western Cape from other provinces, while 112,520 left. This means that the province had the highest inter-provincial net increase in the country, totalling 183,388.The provinces which had more people leave for other provinces than come in are Limpopo , KwaZulu-Natal , Free State , and Mpumalanga .and Limpopo .

Looking at the percentage distribution of period in-migration, the results indicate that Gauteng and the Western Cape are the two main provinces that attract a high number of in-migrants .Eastern Cape, on the other hand, shows an increase of 5 percentage points between Census 2011 and Census 2022 Looking at out-migration, Gauteng, Eastern Cape, Limpopo, and KwaZulu-Natal experienced a high share.The province with the lowest share of out-migration is Northern Cape, with 3% in Census 2011 and 2.

In the majority of cases, estimation techniques and data from destination countries have been used to produce estimates of stocks of South Africans residing abroad.Europe holds the largest percentage of residents, accounting for 39.3%. Africa comes next with 10.1%, followed by Northern America at 18.1%. Oceania also has a considerable percentage, making up 29.9%.

Meanwhile, Asia represents a smaller fraction at 2.2%, and Latin America along with the Caribbean has the smallest share at 0.3%.HONOR SA General Manager Fred Zhou unpacks the launch of the flagship Magic Series in South Africa

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