JOHANNESBURG - With a number of illegal miners who have surfaced from both Sabie and Stilfontein being found to be undocumented foreign nationals, questions have been raised as to the impact of illegal immigration of the South African jobs market.
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In a country with a 33.5-percent unemployment rate, citizens feel that undocumented foreign nationals put them at disadvantage on the highly competitive labour market.
Undocumented immigrants who are paid lower wages can result in citizens feeling overlooked in the job search.
Khangelani Moyo, a senior lecturer in sociology at the University of the Free State, discussed this with eNCA.