Should I Stay or Should I Go?: To Live In or Leave South Africa

Most South Africans with the means to pack up and leave have, at some point, thought about living elsewhere (even if its just to scoff at the idea), and it is estimated that more thanone million South Africans have emigrated since the early 1990s, on top of the many thousands who left in the turbulent 1970s and 1980s. For those looking for guidance, these 15 essays by South Africansbothliterary figures and everyday peopleprovide a broad overview of the emigration debate as well as its opposite, the newarrivals to South Africa. Other helpful information includes comparisons of the 14 most popular cities for South African emigrants, a discussion of the stresses of emigration, and further reading on the topic.