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Originally Posted by BeautifulMystique
Thank you Unseer and Bovinerebel for your posts!
I've been turned off by some of the negative posters but I've heard of such people you've mentioned. I mentioned to my BF what I have read here and he laughed his head off as he said some of the 'info' were over-exaggerated. He's white, btw and has no problem with whatever that is going on. Then again, maybe it's where he lives that has no problem such as those mentioned here and about on this board.
It's good to read the positive sides of South Africa. I'm excited as I've just browsed on a few really amazing looking guest houses and I cannot wait to get started!
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Yes , please remember that the people who come on these forums to spread the bad news do in no way represent your average South African. Most South Africans are too busy worrying about what they are going to do on the weekend to be running around expats forums giving their opinions. Sadly that leaves the loud few with an racist agenda to come on these places and spread a lot of nonsense unchecked by reality and facts.
As I suggested some people have geniune gripes and were victims of crime. They are the gross minority of the country and while I'm sympathetic I do wish they'd not project all their hate onto the country and black people as a whole. You're average black South African is a kind , god fearing person with no interest in carrying out any crime. In fact the gross majority of black South Africans are as described.
My advice is please come see for yourself and that should make it clear exactly how much these people are misrepresenting South Africa. The odds of anything happening to you are astronomically low and nothing any rational person should ever worry about.