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SOUTH AFRICA

The Department of Employment and Labour in South Africa has identified 8 key professions facing the most impact from skills shortages, making them particularly beneficial for skilled foreigners. 
A trial of an experimental vaccine across Uganda, Tanzania, and South Africa has been prematurely stopped due to preliminary data indicating its ineffectiveness in preventing infection, according to the trial's chief investigator. 
The Government of Mauritius is extending scholarships to eligible students who are citizens residing in member states of the African Union or African Commonwealth countries. 
A new report by the World Bank puts the cost of crime on South Africa’s economy at around 10% of the country’s GDP yearly.
Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, and other countries at the UN have voted to take a greater role in international tax matters.
Recent data from KPMG reveals that South Africa has emerged as the top choice for mergers and acquisition deals in Sub-Saharan Africa.
A recent report shows that Nigeria and South Africa top the list of African countries seeking residence and citizenship in foreign countries.
South Africa will briefly surpass Nigeria as Africa’s largest economy in 2024 according to reports from the IMF in its World Economic Outlook.
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has stated that the recent spate of coup d'états in some African nations is fundamentally linked to the issue of bad governance. 
South Africa’s annual consumer inflation reached its highest level in 13 years, increasing to 7.8% in July from 7.4% in June.
South Africa’s unemployment rate fell to 33.9% in the second quarter (Q2) of 2022, from 34.5% in Q1 2022.
The South African government has announced it will in August, end a temporary fuel subsidy programme it started in April.