Ok I have read all the posts about South Africa and Cape Town in particular and all I read is horror stories about crime etc… However, most people that are writing either have families or are women who naturally have some very real genuine concerns.

I am 27 year old single male who is being sent down to CT for four months on a short-term project. Obviously I should have concerns, but living in Camps Bay am I going to have a horrid time? Interestingly everyone I speak to who knows me from SA recommends it (even a guy trying to offer me another job for a rival company in Australia) - so there must be some great parts.

So my first question to those in the know is should I think twice - or is worth the four months experience?

My second question is how difficult will it be to integrate? I’m very sociable and love my sport so I am expecting it not to be massively difficult, but then I read “everyone locks down at 6pm“ and it made me think. If I can’t drive to the golf driving range in the evening, watch rugby in a bar or go out and have a coffee without feeling I going to be held at gunpoint on the way home then its going to be a pretty poor four months.

I am a very worldly person so I hope I’m being paranoid, but having read so many posts I want some perspective on my situation.

Any help would be a massive help…