South African clothing factories struggle after migrant workers flee
South African clothing factories are struggling after migrant workers fled weeks after xenophobic protests drove thousands from the country. Reuters visited three factories in late July whose owners said they had lost between 12% and 19% of their workforce during the protests. Mpho Nkosi, a 29-year-old South African administrator at one of the firms, said, "People don't want to work in factories."
The campaign by anti-immigrant group March and March sought to free up jobs for South Africans, a third of whom are unemployed. Some workers had sewing skills in short supply, while few locals were willing to take the low-paying jobs. A spokesperson for the Department of Employment and Labour said he was unaware of worker shortages. March and March declared a June 30 deadline for undocumented migrants to leave.
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