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Articles
About Living & Investing In South Africa
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A Critical
Look At South Africa - Politics
And Economics ~ by Jurgen Klemann - When I worked for a business and
management consulting firm in Johannesburg, the first multi – racial election
was held in South Africa. The days of the election were proclaimed public
holidays. On the first morning of the election, as I did not have to work,
I went to my favourite restaurant in Jo’burg for an extensive breakfast.
When turning around the corner, I realized all of a sudden that the police
had done a complete road block. March/04
A tumbling
South African rand makes luxurious living in Cape Town affordable - Real
Estate in Cape Town - Now is the time to invest in property in South
Africa. A weak rand gives you tremendous buying power if you're paying
with dollars or sterling. In short, you can buy a lot of house for your
money. For example, you can get a luxurious 6-bedroom detached house for
$87,726, a 4-bedroom house for $52,998, a beachside apartment for under
$19,000, or a city-center pied-à-terre for $11,157. With 300 days
of sunshine per year and a quality of life unaffordable back home, South
Africa also makes good sense as a retirement or holiday home destination.
by
Cheryl Taylor
Between
Mountain and Sea - Atlantic Seaboard, Cape Town, South Africa - Between
Mountain and Sea - Atlantic Seaboard, Cape Town, South Africa - Voted
the best foreign city in the UK's 2004 Telegraph Travel Awards, Cape Town
is an extraordinary city. Its physical beauty is unrivaled and is accurately
described as a lifestyle destination. The rugged mountains present natural
playgrounds resembling artist rendered backdrops that also have practical,
rich soil. The mountain sides have become cultivation havens and a wine
estate luncheon is never more than an hour’s drive away. In Cape Town,
dilemmas often begin with choosing a beach. Which stretch of white sand,
near which rocky cove or kelp forest should I admire beautiful people on
today? By Nicole Crozier
 Cape
Dutch Architecture - The Little Provisions Stop That Did - South
Africa's Cape Dutch Architecture - Diverse influences from medieval
Holland and Germany, French Huguenots and Indonesia contributed to the
graceful and unique style known as Cape Dutch Architecture. A small population
mingling Eastern and European styles combined with local resources resulted
in the elegant, reed thatch buildings found all over the Western Cape Province.
These Cape Dutch Homesteads are not a product of a formal school of architecture
but instead were created out of necessity and designed from the creative
minds of their craftsmen. By Nicole Crozier |
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Escape
to Cape Town - Moving
To One Of The World's Most Beautiful Cities ~ By Connie Gargano - Cape
town is said to be one the most exciting cities in the world. The mountains
behind and the beaches in front. Cape Town has always been a popular retirement
destination for Brits. And recently it has become a popular business location
for companies from the U.S. If you are thinking about moving your business
to South Africa then you may need the help of a local consultant. The above
article will help you contact a group that can do just that. March/03
Global
sporting events impact on SA property prices - Global
sporting events impact on SA property prices - Much has been
said about the positive sentiment towards South African property created
by winning the right to host the 2010 world cup; now an analysis of major
global sporting events has put some numbers to the hype. Speaking at the
launch of SOLD, a new magazine for estate agents published by MortgageSA,
Managing Director Saul Geffen says, “We can get an idea of what is likely
to happen to our property prices if we analyse major global sports events
like previous soccer world cups and the Olympics.
Guide to
opening a business in South Africa - Guide
to opening a business in South Africa - Why would anyone want
to open a business in a country where people get killed for less than $5?
There are many good reasons. South Africa may be the country with the highest
crime and AIDS rate in the world, but it offers several incentives that
cannot be overlooked. April/06
South Africa:
crime, a suspicious “epidemic” - And
some of the world’s best real estate bargains - I’ve seen no evidence
of an AIDS plague anywhere in Africa. No overloaded hospitals, no sick
people lying about the streets, no horror stories from locals and the epicenter
of the epidemic is supposed to be in the very places in central and southern
Africa where I’ve spent the most time. In fact, when I was in the Congo’s
Katanga province last year, I went out of my way to visit a hospital in
Lumumbashi run by a Belgian doctor to talk with someone who actually dealt
with these things first hand. His opinion was that people were dying of
lots of things, but not noticeably more than was ever the case. He thought
that to whatever degree AIDS was a problem, malaria was a vastly bigger
problem. He thought AIDS was 90% hysteria and 10% reality.
by Doug Casey |
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Thoughts
On South Africa And New Zealand ~