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We are looking at moving to durban and my husband has been offered a job and is just going through the red tape with the company who will be sending him there.
Can any one tell me how long it takes to get a temp work visa and how much the cost of living is and the average wage {poor good vgood}. Also what the schools are like as we have three children we will be taking out with us when my husband is settled. And the big Question how safe is durban and also port Elizabeth aas that is the other destination we are lookin at. |
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Durban and Port Elizabeth are very nice and safe cities to live in. Schools wise they both have some excellent ones. Depending on your budget you might want to consider the private options of "michaelhouse " (durban way) or "woodridge" (P.E way).
http://www.michaelhouse.org/HomePage1.aspx Woodridge College & Preparatory School - Port Elizabeth, South Africa |
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I mean go to the townships in Rio, Brazil and you'll find extremely high crime statistics ...but would you let that convince you that the suburbs of Rio were a dangerous place to live ? When I say "South Africa is safe" ...I say that in full knowledge you're not going to move into hillbrow or the middle of Soweto. Really....compare apples with apples. You just have to have been to the middle classed/luxury parts of durban/P.E once to laugh off the idea that it's exceptionally dangerous. No where in the world is perfectly safe , but honestly you could only get durban on that technicality. If you're middle classed it's as safe as anywhere. Last edited by bovinerebel : 8th July 2008 at 06:37 PM. |
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You said to present a balanced view didn't you? I think that covers the whole of Durban doesn't it I'm not trying to distort ..... those are Police stats aren't they Oh, and where do you live in SA BR? ![]() |
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Do you think this lady is planning to move into the tin shanty parts of the township ? Of what relevence then is the crime statistics of that part of the country ? You have a very unsophisticated view of South Africa and it's dual nature.....parts first world and parts third world. You can't compare the experience of living in one part with the other. It's not like a family living in umglangha has the same risk of crime than a woman living in a tin hut amongst people struggling to survive. Who do you think you are fooling ? And why are you trying to fool them exactly ? Are you honestly trying to convince me...a fellow south african , that there are parts of our country that aren't perfectly safe ? I live in P.e mate ....don't make me laugh. I never worried about crime, or experienced any of it a day in my life. If i live in "new brighton" (our townships area) I'd maybe know something about it. But to show me some statistic from a township that happens to be close to my city and say that represents my way of life is absurd. Last edited by bovinerebel : 8th July 2008 at 06:43 PM. |
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Again, where do YOU live in SA then? ![]() |
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