Hi all,
Quino - congrats, sounds good.
I am English, thinking about moving to SA with 14 year rugby playing son. Have never liked England much, prefer Spain; have travelled extensively, but only 1 brief visit to SA, but a long time ago.
Would there be a second chance for us in SA? I am quite well qualified - law degree, PGCE (Travel and Tourism, Business Education), experienced in most areas of travel and tourism, 5 years teaching T&T in UK, internet skills, basic Spanish and German languages. I saw some job vacancies posted on the 'net, seems I might have the right qualifications to apply. What is the attitude to older applicants in SA?
People here UK tell me that JoBurg isn't very safe. Should this be something to be concerned about? Are most of the jobs there? How about Cape Town? Perhaps would be too expensive to live there? Are there jobs (in tourism or tourism teaching/training) in other areas?
Sorry about all the stupid questions. Have just started researching SA, perhaps the country would be a real alternative to Europe. Hope so. Thanx.
Thanks for any help.
>hi everybody, i wrote a message, probably
>in january this year. i was
>moving to south africa, and so
>i did. Now i have been
>living here since the end of
>january and is the best decision
>i have ever taken in my
>life. Im busy refurbishing and renovating
>a big property and hopefully next
>december i will open. I will
>run my own guest house, wedding
>venue and conference center, so as
>you can see i am doing
>quite well
>But i must warn you guys, not
>everything has been as easy as
>you could think. This country is
>hostile to foreign people, foreign money,
>and so on, so before you
>take the decision, you have to
>think all the pros and cons
>carefully. If you are looking for
>a normal job, either you have
>and outstanding curriculum, and a nice
>language range, or i can tell
>you that it is going to
>be difficult to find a job.
>Now in south africa you find
>the black empowerment, they give jobs
>first to black south africans, and
>then to white south africans and
>so on. I am not saying
>that is the wrong thing, the
>other way arround, i think they
>have to turn over the situation
>and give more oportunities to the
>black people. But i must say
>that it makes things more difficult.
>
>Im not trying to scare you off
>at all, im trying to make
>u understand that is hard, specially
>at the beginning.
>If you need any help, i will
>be very happy to help u,
>if it is in my hands.
>
>kind regards
>Quino