People, mainly YOUlhs are lIIigraling 10 Republic ofSoulh AjYica as one oflhe recenl evel1lsrnin which signijical1l numbers of rural household~ are engaged 10 supporllheir Iivelihood5rnin Ihe silidy area. This slUdy aimed 01 explores Ihe general background of migranls andrnIheir head of households, and 01 invesligales Ihe migralion process and ils role inrnsupporting Ihe exisling livelihoods 01 Ihe places of origin. Primary sources employed 10rncollecl, and secondCIIY sources 10 supplellleni il; and qualilalive and qual1lilalive melhodl'rnwere employed 10 analyse the dala. The Ihree 1110.1'1 imporlanl variables discussed in Ihisrnsludy are background, process and role of migration 10 Republic of SOIllh AjYica. YOUlhsrnwere exposed group 10 migrale Ihon aduils do. Precondilion aclivilies for migralion werernobserved as 1001.1' 10 facililale Ihe process of migration for majorily lIIigral1l households a/rnplaces of origin. There were push faclors fo rced people 10 migrale j i"OIl1 Iheir familyrnmembers like land shorlage, failure in educalion, loll' profil in Irade, low agriculluralrnproduclivily, family size, unemploymenl, elc; whereas Ihe pull faclors Ihal al/racled Ihernaltel1lion of Ihe people 10 lIIigrale were mainly job opporlunily and bel/er income a/rndeslinalion. Bel/er living condilions of migranl householdl' 01 origin as bOlh push and pullrnfac lors of migraliol1. Challenges and lIIigralion are bOlh inseparable evenls: Iherefore,rnmigral1l households faced various challenges before. during and afier lIIiRralion 01 placesrnof origin. The olher impOrlal1l issue relaled wilh lIIigralion 11'0.1' ils bene fils. The 1110.1'1rnilllpar/anl benefils gained by all migranl hausehold~ and relurnees are rem iI/once lIIainlyrnfinancial, but malerial relllillancesfor few. They were remil/ed 01 difJerenl lime intervals,rnmainly all limes when necessCIIY and during fes livals Ihrough inforlllal money Iramjerrnagents a/ Hosanna. Due 10 huge remil/ances, lIIoslllligranl household 's and all relurnee '.I'rnliving condil ions and Iivelihood5 have illlproved a/ origin, even some oflhelll were engagedrnin Iramportalion services, hole Is, conslructions, magazines, eiC. These changes inrnsupporling Ihe livelihoods of Illig rani householdl' and relurnees 01 origin, lIIigralion viewedrnposilively for lIIony, bliinegalively for fe ll'. In general, migra/ionlo Ihe RSA is an econolllicrnneed in naillre, nOlo mere livelihoodl' slralegy, bUI pursued by large nUlllber 0.( people 11'170rnhave same amounl of lIIoney 01 origin, and socialnelworks bOlh 01 origin and destination,rnmainly aimed a/ suppor/s Ihe exisling livelihoods of Ihe hOllsehold5, illlproves Ihe life slylesrnand living condilians. slarls olher businesses, Iral/.jorllls economic and social slmcllIres a/rnplaces of origin