Mutual Antagonisms: Why the South African Diaspora and the South African Government Do Not Engage

Even though South Africa is best known as a destination for migrants, it is also an important global migration source country, with over 750,000 South Africans living abroad. Attempts to situate South African emigrants within the broader context of the large and growing global literature on diaspora engagement and development are comparatively rare. This chapter argues that there is such a thing as a South African diaspora and seeks to …