{pp}After decades of financial isolation South Africa has worked hard since their 1994 establishment of democracy to attract foreign investment, but the recent wave of xenophobic violence has put all this work at threat. However investors, labour force and the tourism industry seem to remain strong despite these incidents.

{pp}The news is filled with stories about South Africans seeking to emigrate, however many migrants choose South Africa as a new home and the government is honing in on this.