Editing History of South Africa (section)

===Emigration===
The immediate post-apartheid period was marked by an exodus of skilled, white South Africans amid [[Crime in South Africa|crime related safety]] concerns. The [[South African Institute of Race Relations]] estimated in 2008 that 800,000 or more white people had emigrated since 1995, out of the approximately 4,000,000 who were in South Africa when apartheid formally ended the year before. Large white South African diasporas, both English- and Afrikaans-speaking, sprouted in Australia, New Zealand, North America, and especially in the UK, to which around 550,000 South Africans emigrated.<ref>''The Economist'', [http://www.economist.com/node/12295535 "White flight from South Africa"] 25 September 2008. Accessed 18 July 2015</ref> As of 2021, tens of thousands of white South Africans continue to emigrate each year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://businesstech.co.za/news/government/507034/white-south-africans-are-leaving-the-country-in-their-thousands-stats-sa/|title=White South Africans are leaving the country in their thousands: Stats SA|author=Staff Writer|date=19 July 2021|website=BusinessTech|access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref> By 2019 the number of skilled black South Africans emigrating out of the country had surpassed the number of white emigres.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brophy |first=Selene |date=25 August 2019 |title=More black than white South Africans leaving the country |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/Travel/more-black-than-white-south-africans-leaving-the-country-20190825 |access-date=2022-09-20 |website=News24 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=26 August 2019 |title=More skilled black professionals are leaving South Africa |url=https://businesstech.co.za/news/business/336809/more-skilled-black-professionals-are-leaving-south-africa/ |access-date=2022-09-20 |language=en-US}}</ref>