Xpatweb recently conducted an extensive Africa Permit Risk Survey on 70 multinational employers across Africa to understand the impact of travel restrictions due to COVID-19 on their projects and employees. Survey results show that 44% of respondents urgently require employees who cannot return to job sites due to travel restrictions, and 31% of these expatriates’ […]
The Department of Higher Education and Training released the draft list of Occupations in High Demand on 17 August 2020.
Mauritius has been a popular holiday destination for South Africans for many years, but the government’s recent concessions have made it more accessible and affordable for South Africans to retire, live and work than ever before. In June 2020, the Mauritian government’s changes to investment thresholds, the extension of work, residence, retirement permits, and attractive […]
Mozambique has been a central point in the oil and gas industry and expected to be the next top economic performers in Africa, due to the potential income from its vast quantity of natural gas off the coast of northern Mozambique a decade ago.
South Africa is known to be the economic powerhouse of the continent attracting investment and has acknowledged that such investment is necessary to support the country’s growth and development objectives. China has proven to be one of top investors into South Africa, building a strong trade relationship with a major focus in the mining sector.
Immigration and International Mobility firm, Xpatweb, recently launched a survey to measure the impact of Covid-19 on the immigration industry. Tarissa Wareley, an Immigration Specialist at Xpatweb, says some of the issues the Africa Permit Impact Survey aims to measure how many people are grounded either in or outside an African country that they work […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly affected and continues to affect both the international and domestic travel sectors. Most foreign workers in South Africa have found themselves stranded in South Africa without clarity on when they can leave the country to resume their work activities abroad. Other South Africans have found themselves separated from their families […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted countries worldwide including the implementation of various measures such as international travel bans and “lockdown” to help curb the spread and flatten the curve. Seafarers and superyacht crew working in Schengen countries have been adversely affected and have not been able to return for work purposes as all business and […]
South Africa actively promotes investment in its economy, giving benefits to businesspeople ready to invest, those benefits include the unique combination of developed-world infrastructure and logistics networks, a diversified and growing emerging market economy offering low sectoral centration risks and a sophisticated banking sector with a major footprint in Africa.
The work visa application may be argued as a pre-cursor to getting an expatriate into a country, but in reality, the work permit application can only be correctly done after the tax consultation stage. This explains why tax advisors all over Africa are our clients and equally we are the clients of so many tax […]
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