1.
Year of diasporisation
15% left by or before 2002
15% left 2005‐2007
62% left 2008 ‐ 2010
8% left in 2011
13% of families reported a family member that has died in the diaspora.
Graph 10: showing when family members left for the diaspora
this year
8
2007 to 2010
62
2002 to 2007
15
before 2002
15
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
2.
Home visits by family in the diaspora
3.
35% have been home in the last three months
9% have been home in the last year
21% have been home less often than once a year
35% have never returned home
Remittances
44% of those in the diaspora are reported as having never remitted any money
or goods.
17% remit monthly, amounts varying from R200 (USD 25) to R 400 (USD 50)
The balance of 39% of family members abroad are reported to have sent
home one‐off amounts in the last twelve months, mostly at Christmas, ranging
from USD 25 to USD 100. This money has been used primarily to buy food and
pay school fees.
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