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Mainly because they did not see a future in a country run by an African. (they had seen other African countries fail and many whites were killed in uprisings in other Africacountries like Kenya)

They looked to the north and saw no example of this functioning and a country growing in the rest of Africa.

Many were also afraid of retaliation against the whites by blacks. (It is said that this will occur a lot when Nelson Mandela passes away.)

The majority wanted a better life for themselves and a stable future for their kids which they did not feel they would get under the ANC.

There was also affirmative action (employment equity) - e.g. no longer having job preferences.

Many South Africans (of all races) have experienced a high intensity of violent crimes against themselves and their families. This has increased radically since 1994 and currently SA has the highest murder rate in the world +/- 60 p/d.

There's the occasional white South African who would have always, or almost always, wanted to immigrate to a certain country, for other reasons. It would have been ahead of its time before 1994.

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