I am an expat living in South Africa and I fels that all that was said about crime on this page are inaccurate. I have been here for 7 years (between Durban and Cape Town) and I drive around the country regularly. Yes, the crime is an issue of concern but here in Gordons Bay (a subur of Cape Town) I have left my car parked outside and unlock (though not intentionally) on a number of occasion. The crime situation is high but not as scary as posted here.

I am on this forum ços I have been selected to apply for immigration to NZ and wants to find-out about NZ. I must say that I am leaving SA with a great deal of reluctance. I have to leave because of the high-tech nature of my work which means that I need to find more challenges.

As a matter of fact, having gone through the discussion on NZ forum, I doubt that leaving SA is a good idea. For instance in terms of crime, I understand that there were about 150000 burglaries in NZ last year, in a population of 4 million. Per-capita SA is nothing near that.

Driving from Cape Town to J'burg ? That will be a matter of choice. I doubt that startistically, it is less safe than briving between London and Manchester.

The strike, what strike ? I have not see the effect of the strike. Now, that is being cheeky. I get all my services from the private sector.