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Originally Posted by synthia
Even though I lived and worked there (in Welkom, of all places) for two years in the early 80's, I never thought of going back there to live. Now that I think of it, I can see the appeal of living somewhere like Capetown or Durbin. I don't think I'd go back to Welkom.
When I was there, in addition to the obvious issue of apartheid, Welkom was a booming community with a lot of ex-patriate workers. In the two years I was there, I had one employee from the Netherlands, two from England, and one from Israel.
I'm sure Welkom wouldn't be like that now, but I wonder about Durban and Capetown.
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You have to think about work opportunities. SAfrica has in place positive discrimination which favours the native black population particulalry women and you might struggle to find a job. I have had friend who were retrenched and struggled to find work, many indeed have left and now live abroad. Safrica isn't what it used to be hence why I no longer live there.