Yeah idk about this one.
South Africa is a failing nation with the government being so corrupt that anyone who can leave is leaving.
Furthermore, orthodox conversion is an intense process. The process takes years and to successfully do it you need to follow extremely strict rules. Like kosherize your kitchen, obey Shabbat rules, etc. You also need to do immense study. Orthodox prayer books have very little English in them, you need to learn Hebrew to follow along.
Once you do all that and your rabbi thinks you are ready, you are then presented to a beit din, a Jewish court, and the court will determine if your conversion is valid or not.
While I’m sure there are some people who would convert to leave South Africa, I find it very hard to believe that this is happening in any significant numbers. And I don’t think there is any data to suggest significant conversion to Judaism amongst white South Africans.
I think people who are interested in Judaism just have a higher motivation to leave because South Africa is going to shit.
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Also not everyone who makes Aliyah becomes a settler. If someone feels a religious connection to israel and wants to move there, honestly buy property, and live in the land, imo there is nothing wrong with that.
The issue is the system that privileges Jews over all other groups, especially people who’ve been in the land for centuries.