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No one should be surprised to read that Zimbabwe<\/span> has suffered massive emigration in recent years, especially among its white minority. But much less expected is the fact that next-door South Africa, <\/span>the continent’s wealthiest and most developed country, is suffering a brain drain of its own (if on a smaller scale).<\/span><\/p>\nThe South African government doesn’t keep reliable emigration statistics. But even as the global financial crisis has caused emigration from most other countries to slow, a number of recent independent studies show that mass departures from South Africa are ongoing and are sapping the nation of its skilled and best-educated young citizens. The most dramatic figures can be found among South African whites, who are leaving at a pace consistent with the advent of “widespread disease, mass natural disasters or large-scale civil conflict,” according to a report by the South African Institute on Race Relations. <\/span><\/p>\nSome 800,000 out of a total white population of 4 million have left since 1995, by one count. But they’re hardly alone. Blacks, coloreds (as people of mixed race are known in South Africa) and Indians are also expressing the desire to leave. In the last 12 years, the number of blacks graduating in South Africa with advanced degrees has grown from 361,000 to 1.4 million a year. But in that time the number of those expressing high hopes to emigrate has doubled…<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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