I'd like to relocate to South Africa sometime and I'm looking for people who live there or are planning on moving there to chat with about life in SA in general. I'd like to move for work or to start a business, I'd appreciate any information.
Hi Lisa
I am a resident here in SA with my own business
if I can help with any answers please contact me.
PS My son is aiming to come to the UK in Feb to further his career in body building/health club work.
We are planning on going to live in Durban next year-email me and we can chat-I am an ex SA who's been living in the UK for 6yrs now and married to a Brit.
Hi Lisa, im Spanish and im also planning on movint to south africa, i have also bought my flight ticket, im leaving spain next 25 of january.
If you are interesting on chatting or emailing me just do it, i would be so happy to share my experience with someone who is looking for the same as me.
I would love to move to SA. I am a Brit who grew up there. I am having big problems finding work and getting a work permit. They will not give you a job without a work permit and vice versa. Any help would be truly appreciated! Have been trying for some time to get in now. Would love to move over to Natal and stay.
Please help.... have nowhere else to turn to.
Lisa,
Would also love to move to SA. I am a Brit who grew up there. We are having big problems trying to get in. They will not give you a job without a work permit and will not give you a work permit without a job. Please could you let me know how you have managed it! I do not know what else to try. I have been told that our skills are greatly needed in SA so we should not havae any problems finding a job... but trying to get one is another matter!
Please help... have nowhere else to turn. Any advice would be appreciated.
Lisa,
Hey just wanted to get some info on how your move to SA was. I also am planning on moving within the year and could use all the help I can. I graduated college May 2002 with a business degree. So, hope to hear from you soon.
I am a South African resident, staying in Cape Town. I could be of assistance if you are relocating to South Africa. Please feel free to contact me. I would love to help.
Mari-Louise,
I would love to hear all the advice you have to offer. I graduated May 2002 with a business degree in Electronic Commerce and need some advice on the job market. I would like to secure a job before moving, so how do I find a position while living in New York? What is the average cost of rent? How would you recommend I start this process?
Hi, I am also planning to move to S.Africa by the end of the year hopefully. Planning a intro trip in May for two weeks and would really be interested in getting more info. I am planning to relocate in either Stanton or Pretoria. I am looking for business opportunity in S.Africa. Would appreciate if anyone can shed some light and help. Also, Would love to gettogether with anyone who is travelling or be there around the same time.
thanks
Al
I am planning to move to SA next year and would love to know if you have moved yet and how you are finding it? I am a Brit married to a South African and have had a long holiday in PE, but would like to hear of your experience moving there permanently.
Hello!
So glad to find info source. I will be teaching in a Mankurwane High School and living in Kimberly from January 03-04. Need all info I can get. Can you help or provide name of someone who could? Thank you for any information. Jan
>Hi
>I am a South African resident, staying
>in Cape Town. I could
>be of assistance if you are
>relocating to South Africa. Please
>feel free to contact me. I
>would love to help.
>Regards Mari-Louise
Please help with any leads on information about life in Kimberly. I will be teaching high school math in Mankurwane from January 2003 through January 2004 and would appreciate information from any sources you know of or could lead me to. Thank you, Jan
I am a brit that did all my schooling in Pinelands, Cape Town. I moved back to the UK 5 years ago to continue with further education at College in London completing a National Diploma in IT. My parents still live out there, and I plan to move back to South Africa with my girlfriend in Dec 03 to work. Seeing I have a residency stamp in my British passport, would I need a work permit ? Would my girlfriend be able to get a work permit easily enough ? Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you for your response. I have so many questions that I don't know where to begin.
I am in a Fulbright Teacher Exchange, so there is a male teacher coming here to teach my classes. I know that I cannot stay at his apartment, because he tells me that it is not safe. So I will need housing, which Fulbright may be able to help me with.
A bigger concern that I have is for my safety. Every book I read says that SA is not the place for a white woman alone. It talks about a high incidence of rape, and frequent car-jackings and muggings. I guess I wasn't expecting to spend my whole time in SA hiding in an apartment. I realize that each town and each part of each of those towns has a different situation.
I would desperately like to talk to someone who knows about Kimberley.
I think I will have a few people come to visit me, so traveling to the tourist sites might be okay with my foreign company.
I am most concerned about the everyday living of transportation to school and shopping for food and managing laundry and all that.
I know that Kimberley has a population of about 200000, but I expect that it is less than 10% white. How do I hook up with other whites?
I am not phobic about looking for white friends, but I'm sure that it sounds that way. I will be the only white teacher in an all-black school, so I will have some potential to make friends of the other 25 teachers. I just don't know how open and welcoming they will be.
I am scheduled to arrive in SA in January, 2004. If you have any info for me, I would greatly love to chat with you via e-mail.
Jan Murphy
Hi, email me and perhaps I can assist you. I just came back from S.Africa and am in canada. This was my first trip to S.Africa and I realize and understand your fear and realize what you must be feeling. Although its not very safe to be there expecially if you are unsure of where you are but its not as bad as it sounds either. I shall be there after August 2003 and if need be, dont mind helping you out.
Thanks for your quick response.
Do you know anyone in Kimberley?
When you return in August, where will you be?
How can I get your e-mail address? I don't know how this works to communicate directly with someone.
Jan
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Or you can hold your mouse over the link and you will see their email address in bottom LH side of your monitor.
I just came across your message and I'm not sure when you're planning on moving here or if you're here as we speak!? Anyway, write me and I'll give u advice/ help you out, any way I can. Chat soon
Chrystal
hi i just would like to get some help with general info on moving to capetown i have called several real estate agents but got no responce.thank you, jame.
hey jame i am a brit and am also looking to move to Cape Town to be with my boyfriend but need help about how to go about it with work permits etc email me if you find anything i would be very grateful thanks all the best
beth
I am also moving, planning to take a class at the University of Cape Town...I just made this decision and the class starts in a month! Anyone know how I should go about finding a place to rent in Cape Town with others???
As you can see we share a surname and I was browsing the net looking for Shields genealogical stuff seeing that I am currently reading this book "the Afrikaners" and it bugs me to think that I might be more of an Afrikaner than a Brit or and Irishman.
I do not know if you have arrived here in the meantime but should you still need advice I am more than willing to offer you help getting around the courty (more specifically Gauteng and the Freestate) and helping you with jobs etc.
Generally thing are well here even though SA life is far more demanding than British or Irish life (having lived on both islands for more than 2 years) My fiancee is Irish/Australian and she only moved here 1 month ago so she is probably a better bet in asking what life in Sa is like.
Well as I said I am more than willing to be of any assistance. My number in JHB is 072 607 2091 ringing from UK its obviously the 002772.....
Just wrote to Lisa that I can perhaps help you out. My fiancee is Irish and we are experiencing some difficulty but sorted it out. I am now commited to helping people who can benefit the country get in! I can have my parents offer you jobs (a restaurant in Bethlehem in the freestate) which will secure you permits. Just shout if you need more info. No you wont need to work there!
I live in JHB and can find out things for you here as well.
Hi all. This seems like a pretty informational forum, and I need all the information I can get. I recently graduated from college with a BA in psychology and am hoping to begin postgraduate work at UCT in the fall of 2004. I've been to Cape Town, but need all the help I can get since I'm now considering moving there. Anyone with information about rentals, jobs, etc...send it my way. Thanks.
