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Ouch! That really brings home the reality of the brain drain. (Although there used to be a crack that the flood of emigration was a good thing since it raised the average IQ in both countries.)
I've obviously missed some permutation here, Phyllisstein. You must be a yappie! [querying emoticon]
Most of the South African emigrants I meet are either coloured or come from English roots. One of the exceptions is, of course, Irene van Dyk, one of NZ's top netball players.
The quote concerning raising IQs is not at all new. A former NZ prime minister, the late great dictator Rob Muldoon, used it, famously in Australasia, in relation to emigration from Zild to Oz.
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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