I’m looking at a job based around Joburg, and looks like it might actually happen.
I’ve lived in the SADC region about 10 years ago and spent time in Cape Town and Rosemont at the time. Curious how day to day living is these days, boks, loadshedding, etc.
It’s fine. Be careful where you go at night. Enjoy the braai. Sometimes there is no water. It eventually comes back. Electricity is ok. Traffic is nuts. The weather is great. Come visit SunEden, you will love it. Braaibroodjies, brandewyn and rugby. Good times! Most people have no job though.
Thanks for the realistic POV and cross-posting to the ZA comm. I didn’t even realize we had that many geography-based comms.
What you and the person there said, that’s what I kind of figured, but there’s so much “Ahhh!! Crime!!” stuff online that seems overblown. Crumbling infrastructure and zero ability of resources to fix anything seems to be a nearly global problem. I expect it’s not going to get better anywhere in the next little while, short of China where they just do whatever.
I just searched for SunEden - lol, I expect that won’t go over well with the spouse, but you never know.
Looking forward to some good braai again. The beef there is better than most places, I’m tired of making my own biltong, and kudu is delicious.
Yeah, crime definitely overblown, it can happen, but I’ll take a guess it can happen anywhere if you go looking for it.
3 of the houses on SunEden belongs to German couples, they say it is their escape hatch should things get worse in EU. Makes you think.
Anyway, good luck and I hope you are successfull and happy wherever you decide to go!
Thanks. And people who can find a bubble and leverage income inequality will do a whole lot to stay somewhere where the weather’s nice. Considering how many people are desperate to get into the EU, I expect that’s a more personal decision.