Brain drain continues to increase skills shortage's in South Africa.

South Africans with skills are leaving the country. Their reasons include better career opportunities as well as crime , political and economic stability. Statistics show that in 2017, eight South African professionals left for every one who entered the country.

The report estimated that over half a million South Africans had emigrated between 1989 and 2003, with the numbers growing by about 9% a year thereafter. Of these 120,000 had professional qualifications. This skills shortage has created the need for flexible interim executives, interim management and interim professionals that are mobile and can move between a number of organisations on an as and needs basis.

This represented about 7% of the total number of professionals employed in South Africa at the time.