moving to Durban Balito

[Loyiwe]

hallo can some body tell the truth abt how safe is the city Durban.....one hear so much about troubles and and not so much about good news we have bought a house in Balito and we must move to S.A thats for sure our final plan i work as a nurse and my husband will be retired by then....how easy it for me to get a job...how are the salaries like...i also have a dream to open my own shop....beauty and wedding dresses........ but i dont know how this will work out or not please help....

[Martinw]

Originally Posted by Loyiwe

hallo can some body tell the truth abt how safe is the city Durban.....one hear so much about troubles and and not so much about good news we have bought a house in Balito and we must move to S.A thats for sure our final plan i work as a nurse and my husband will be retired by then....how easy it for me to get a job...how are the salaries like...i also have a dream to open my own shop....beauty and wedding dresses........ but i dont know how this will work out or not please help....

A lot of people are prob getting tired of everything I writes, so I wont on your question. All I say is this. Go through all the other posts and realy look at what everyone says. And all I can say is if you would have to think of violent crime and fear once a day and you are not where you ar not now, really think why you are going there.

Beautiful wedding dresses etc. You should also do your research on the demographics of the country, city and decide who will have to be your clients.

Form me you will only here negatives and WHY?
Beacuse in personal view the severity of the negatives outway the positives very far. Money and well not sure what else there is is not going to bring you very far when you are not living anymore.
But it is all up to you to do your reesearch, but do not think that all the people like me telling all the negatives are sour or anything, because ask any one if they can gaurentee you that your chances of experiencing violence are not high and if they were honest none of them could do that.

If you are still prepared to go. Good luck, watch your back and hopefully everything works out the way you are thinking/hoping it will - Just rember the opposite in South Africa is a harsh reality

[Daxk]

Loyiwe,
As martinw suggests,read the other posts here, also do a search IOL: News for South Africa and the World
especially the Natal Mercury and the daily News which are the local newspapers.
They unfortunately only report Murders and not home Invasions,Rapes etc.
A Couple of small points,
Are you a SA Citizen or do you have a SA work permit?
If not,you cannot work and getting a work permit can take two years.

If, so, Have you worked in a Govt/Community Nursing Scheme before because if not, you will have to work for the SA Medical services at whatever Hospital they need you at for at least a year,possibly two and pass Exams.
In addition, SA Nursing salaries are probably the second worst in SA,
You mentioned you had bought a House, ?

[Sibella]

Ballito is a beautiful town, I've only been there once but loved it. It is a holiday town though so mostly busy over holidays which would affect your business if you should open one there.

Good luck!

[Stravinsky]

Originally Posted by Sibella

Ballito is a beautiful town, I've only been there once but loved it. It is a holiday town though so mostly busy over holidays which would affect your business if you should open one there.

Good luck!

Do you live near there?

[Martinw]

Originally Posted by Sibella

Ballito is a beautiful town, I've only been there once but loved it. It is a holiday town though so mostly busy over holidays which would affect your business if you should open one there.

Good luck!

I will admit it is a beautiful part of the land. pretty sure it is still where some of the well off people live though(not sure about crime - being in a rich area it might prob be not that bad off). My work used to take me up and down the Kwa Zulu Natal North $ South Coast, and as a break in the monotonous freeway I used to take the old road through Ballito. It is really nice, and if you can afford to live there it is probably the better place to be. I am not recommending any area just sharing an opinion.

it isnt realy a city or town so one would have to think about the business you would open there.

Loyiwe good luck in your ventures and just make sure you follow all precautions most people will tell you about.

[Loyiwe]

iam danish citizen and iam at the moment working on ortopædkirurgi and im very sure that i not gonna seek for a job in s.africa if it only for red cross purposes......it must be that i can also earn my living... i have also worked in home nursing but i get paid better at he hospital and i work only at night... so i dont know ..........at me and a job as a nurse in Kwa zulu

[Daxk]

Really,you have bought a house,based on a holday? all the Danish I know have English as a second language.
and are actually very good at the grammar part of it.
I think you should move there immediately, there is no crime, its all bitter old white farmers after all

[Loyiwe]

yes i know it seemed to me to be a good place we are trying to visit the areal once in every one year before we move down our next trip is 2010...its just that i cant get a job if salaries there are as bad as mentioned before but i my wish is my saving up to start a business....but as danish citizen i dont need a visa to come to SA but i dont know if i must apply for a work permit and how......to get it i like our house it nice and its not far from the small shopping center

[Halo]

Durban is a hole.... It had a few years (a long time ago) where is was OK, now... Don't bother.
(look at pictures - has anything actually been build since the late 80's?)