The Emigration Expo makes a come back Share The Emigration Expo opens on Thursday at Sandton City in Johannesburg, making it the first public expo to open in South Africa since the start of the pandemic. The event is scheduled to run until May 1 at the Sandton shopping centre. It will run in parallel with the virtual expo via The Emigration Expo digital platform (TheEmigrationExpo.com). Organisers said it would be the first expo of its kind to open in the country and to serve the thousands of people who are looking for change and opportunities in a new land.