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We provide an assessment of the newly released list of critical skills in South Africa, and their impact on corporates in the country.

In the first update since 2014, South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs has published its critical skills list for South Africa, outlining the skills which are in short supply in the country.

Xpatweb recently conducted a survey into the critical skills currently most in demand in South Africa, which has led to businesses seeking talent recruitment from abroad.

South Africa’s long-term sustainability and economic prosperity depends on our ability to meaningfully participate in the digital skills economy. This is the opinion of Niël Malan, a managing partner of Tangent Solutions, in a recent opinion piece published on the Daily Maverick. “Technology and software are embedding themselves in every aspect of our lives and business, andRead more

The Department of Higher Education and Training has gazetted a list of the most in-demand skills in South Africa, published in their 2020 National List of Occupations in High Demand (OIHD). The list is made up of 345 high demand occupations including a range of medicine-related fields, as well as engineering and ICT skills. InRead more