‘I think it's people who have succeeded, who have built ties, built opportunities and built up enough capital to come back and actually live a much better quality life than what they left,’ says Bronwyn Williams, futurist at Flux Trends.
You can also listen to this podcast on iono.fm here. ADVERTISEMENT CONTINUE READING BELOW JEREMY MAGGS: Now, despite problems that South Africa is facing on multiple fronts, a polycrisis, according to the risk industry, there is, we read, a trend of South Africans now returning home, and Bronwyn Williams is with us now from the agency Flux Trends. Bronwyn, a very warm welcome to you. Two quick questions.
We’re quite an attractive destination for people who have money because if you’ve got money, you can largely insulate yourself from all the challenges you’ve just discussed, right? Immigrating is not cheap, and quite frankly, most of the people who have been disappointed financially with their prospects offshore simply cannot afford to return back.
It’s quite a … type society, as the way you describe it, which is quite difficult for someone who’s come from a community that’s very community-driven to get those deep ties that you miss when you no longer have them, but wouldn’t necessarily notice if you’d grown up in those sorts of communities. So there is a culture shock element there.
But logic would tell us that those expats coming back home, or let’s call them financial immigrants, like we would if they were from other parts of the world, let’s be fair there, are coming back with at least some business ties and contacts that they would’ve made in their careers surviving in these other countries for the last few decades. Which means it is going to give us, as a whole, a community, greater lines for import, for export, for international trade doors that could be opened.
Singapore Latest News, Singapore Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
30 years on: ‘South Africa still has many challenges’Ramaphosa admits that life in South Africa after 1994 is not as rosy as he would like it to be.
Read more »
Climate change: Alarming Africa-wide report predicts 30% drop in crop revenue50m without water.
Read more »
Hammanskraal deadly water crisis continues, no help forthcoming 30 deaths laterHammanskraal deadly water crisis continues, no help forthcoming 30 deaths later
Read more »
‘2024 election is DA’s best chance in 30 years’Watch | ‘2024 election is DA’s best chance in 30 years’ – Steenhuisen
Read more »
Here’s why you should – and why you shouldn’tBuying a car is one of the biggest purchases you make in your life and you should not take the decision lightly when you get new wheels.
Read more »