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Originally Posted by Daxk
Moeshen, I dont know wether you have children yet or not, I lived there for 54 years and it is a beautiful place great scenery, weather, Friendly people etc.
Most of the friends who have children who are still there are leaving as soon they can sell their Houses,(about a 1/3 of all House sales were due to Immigration according to the Banks)
I have a 9 year old daughter and if I won the Euro Lottery and could live anywhere I wanted with the same security as the President of SA, the last place I would take her is SA.
The Risks are just too great, the fear, when I lived there and now go back for Holidays is just too great, Its no use having a great lifestyle when you cant go out anymore.
The only people I know who are defending SA's crime rate and who are still in SA , either cant get out or are still young enough to think it wont happen to me.
It may not, ever, but if it does, its a biggie.
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Daxk I could not agree with you more. Everyday we long back for the days we spent at Drakensberg in thew holidays, and also just the way we South Africans are or lived, BUT then that was in the past. I am litterally so scared to even think of ever going back to SA. I just cannot believe that people are still happy to live there. We have friends that are pretty well off and think it is agreat place, because they think they are safe and live like millionares. No thank you, i would rather live on the poverty line here in OZ than think that I have lifestyle in SA. Anyway even financially with only a normal job we are heaps better off here in AUS and there is no dogs barking( because they have no reason to) no police/ambulance sirens. Just peace and Quiet. We live 1.5 km form the beach and on certain nights I can hear the waves crash( and the waves are tiny) and I spend absolutely no time worrying wheteher my wife or two daughters are going to get raped tonight or not, but am rather worrying where we should take the kids for the holiday. I think what is worst is that there are certain people that even recommend SA to forreigners. I never want someones wife or daughters rape in SA on my concious after I recommended it. It is sad to talk like that about your birthplace, but then again, my birthplace was not a country full of rape, murder and violence.