It was the influential 19th-century economist Thomas Malthus who said: “A great emigration implies unhappiness of some kind in the country.”

But often, it’s simply that there is better opportunity elsewhere — as the SA-born entrepreneurs who moved overseas and subsequently made epic fortunes in the US can attest...

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