Thinking of emmigrating to South Africa.......am I mad?
Discussion
thehawk said:
EVERY South African I know would love to move back, but unfortunately they won't because of the situation over there. Plenty of them I meet in the UK are thinking of going to Aus/NZ.
Yeh I know a few, afraid wimbledon area is infested, and they would all like to go back but dont want to because of issuesI was recently working for a Brit who had lived in SA for nearly 3 decades. He came back here for the general well-being of his kids. Although he misses the standard of living out there, he cannot reconcile that with the vastly greater chance of "death by being killed to death" that exists over there.
I work with a guy from Zim (moved over 7 years ago) and a guy from South Africa (moved over 1 year ago). By all accounts it sounds like SA is going down the same route that Zim has gone down unfortunately - both sound like they were fantastic places to live in their day, Zim in particular!
The Western Cape is a fantastic place to live. Yes crime is an issue but is nowhere near as out of hand and the media would have you believe especially in the areas you would most likely be living in. There are loads of europeans living out here either permanantly or as a second home. You cannot shop in Constantia without overhearing a european accent.
We have recruited a good number of people from the international market over the last 2 years and they are without exception happy here. There are a number of very good international schools in Cape Town that follow either the UK or USA systems. If you have kids.
On property prices my 4 bed home on a large plot in Bergvliet cost about 150000 against my sisters 3 bed terrace in Putney which was bought at about the same time for close on 800000.
If you have any queries I will answer them on here.
We have recruited a good number of people from the international market over the last 2 years and they are without exception happy here. There are a number of very good international schools in Cape Town that follow either the UK or USA systems. If you have kids.
On property prices my 4 bed home on a large plot in Bergvliet cost about 150000 against my sisters 3 bed terrace in Putney which was bought at about the same time for close on 800000.
If you have any queries I will answer them on here.
AndySA said:
The Western Cape is a fantastic place to live. Yes crime is an issue but is nowhere near as out of hand and the media would have you believe especially in the areas you would most likely be living in. There are loads of europeans living out here either permanantly or as a second home. You cannot shop in Constantia without overhearing a european accent.
We have recruited a good number of people from the international market over the last 2 years and they are without exception happy here. There are a number of very good international schools in Cape Town that follow either the UK or USA systems. If you have kids.
On property prices my 4 bed home on a large plot in Bergvliet cost about 150000 against my sisters 3 bed terrace in Putney which was bought at about the same time for close on 800000.
If you have any queries I will answer them on here.
I have a query, why do ALL South Africans move to one of three places in london?We have recruited a good number of people from the international market over the last 2 years and they are without exception happy here. There are a number of very good international schools in Cape Town that follow either the UK or USA systems. If you have kids.
On property prices my 4 bed home on a large plot in Bergvliet cost about 150000 against my sisters 3 bed terrace in Putney which was bought at about the same time for close on 800000.
If you have any queries I will answer them on here.
Wimbledon,Putney,Southfields?
There must be a reason? I don't even bother asking when I meet someone from SA to ask where they are from now
AndySA said:
Simply because most of there mates from home happen to live in the south west of london as well. Although apparently a lot of the afrikaans speaking south africans are living in the east and jewish ones in the north of london.
Yes your right actually, a guy I use to work with is now working for jews in North London (he is an afrikaans speaking guy)Doesn't speak to highly of them irrc.messe said:
house prices look incredible, low cost of living, good vineyards nearby and good weather.
Is it possible to get these things elsewhere? Not saying SA is a bad place, but on a scale of 1 to 10, is it possible to do elsewhere and have more safety?Does language form a big part of your decision, or would you be happy to learn a new language (or do you in fact already speak another language)? Would you be happy to live in an ex pat community?
okgo said:
AndySA said:
The Western Cape is a fantastic place to live. Yes crime is an issue but is nowhere near as out of hand and the media would have you believe especially in the areas you would most likely be living in. There are loads of europeans living out here either permanantly or as a second home. You cannot shop in Constantia without overhearing a european accent.
We have recruited a good number of people from the international market over the last 2 years and they are without exception happy here. There are a number of very good international schools in Cape Town that follow either the UK or USA systems. If you have kids.
On property prices my 4 bed home on a large plot in Bergvliet cost about 150000 against my sisters 3 bed terrace in Putney which was bought at about the same time for close on 800000.
If you have any queries I will answer them on here.
I have a query, why do ALL South Africans move to one of three places in london?We have recruited a good number of people from the international market over the last 2 years and they are without exception happy here. There are a number of very good international schools in Cape Town that follow either the UK or USA systems. If you have kids.
On property prices my 4 bed home on a large plot in Bergvliet cost about 150000 against my sisters 3 bed terrace in Putney which was bought at about the same time for close on 800000.
If you have any queries I will answer them on here.
Wimbledon,Putney,Southfields?
There must be a reason? I don't even bother asking when I meet someone from SA to ask where they are from now
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