The Pull and Push Factors

But now, hopefully adding more gain than loss, I want to broaden the topic to consider how greatly apartheid South Africa generated a push and pull factor which influenced so many people, white and black, to head for this country. Generally, the mainly short term immigrants, volunteers on allowances and volunteers with small salaries  – there being no obvious difference  between the two – came from the north, from Europe, the USA and Canada.

The majority was sent here by VSO, IVS, Peace Corps and by the Mennonite Central Committee.