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News and information for South African expats
Prime countries for retiring expats
Expat retirees have their eye on three EU countries when it comes to finding the perfect country to retire to, namely Spain, Portugal and France. Spain and Portugal are particularly popular with house prices falling in the last year. Spain has seen their house prices...
Heritage Day – a day where South African’s everywhere celebrate their diversity
Heritage Day, celebrated on the 24th of September, is one of South Africa’s new public holidays when South Africans are encouraged to celebrate their cultural traditions and beliefs and the rich diversity that makes up the nation of South Africa. It’s a day when South...
New Zealand is offering foreign teachers a $7000 incentive to teach in the country
Are you a teacher and do the wide, open spaces of New Zealand attract you? Well, then it’s your lucky day, month and even year as the New Zealand government is offering expat Kiwis and foreign teachers a $7000 incentive to teach in the country. The reason for the...
Qatar is fast becoming the most expat-friendly Gulf Arab State
Qatar has recently announced that expats living in the country could soon be entitled to permanent residency and that the new law will extend residency to the children of Qatari women who have married expats. Permanent residency on the cards for expats in Qatar A...
Proposed South African emigration laws will affect expats arriving and leaving the country
On the 28th of July 2017 the South African Department of Home Affairs released The White Paper for South African Migration with the aim to improve the management, security and the entering and leaving of foreign and local nationals in South Africa. These proposed...
New ‘beer index’ rates the most expensive countries and cities for expats
There are countless league tables and surveys released annually documenting the ‘world’s most expensive cities’ that look at the costliness of various cities and countries around the world – basing their findings on a wide range of things including education, real...
10 safe destinations for expat single women
Many single women choose to travel and move to other countries – whether it’s for pleasure or for their careers. Some are seeking a better work-life balance, others are looking for career advancement or simply a new adventure. Countries and cities vary incredibly when...
What’s it like to work in the Tiger states?
A lot is written about life abroad in the UK and the USA – but there is a lot less about the working life of expats in the four Asian Tigers – Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan. The four countries were awarded this dynamic title after their impressive...
Expat careers that make the most money abroad
Expats often earn more than local residents for a variety of reasons – the biggest one being that their company has more than likely contracted them to work for a period of time and have offered them a lucrative expat package to sweeten the deal. Another reason could...
SA expats rally to defend their home country
South Africans never forget their home country – no matter where in the world they have moved to, and this was never more evident than with their protest against the UK PR firm Bell Pottinger and its subsequent removal from the UK PR regulatory body – the Public...
EU expats will be allowed to stay in the UK after Brexit
The long wait has ended – Theresa May has finally announced at a European Summit in Brussels that she wanted to offer ‘certainty’ to EU citizens that they would not be asked to leave Britain once Brexit takes effect. Until this announcement, over 3 million EU expats...
7 Reasons to move to the USA
While the USA’s president might be taking a beating in the international press, the country is still regarded as a top expat destination, with its reputation and standing as one of the most powerful countries in the world in terms of economics and trade – supporting...
The countries that are an ‘easy fit’ with expats
There is no doubt about it, some countries are just a lot easier to settle into than others – and this is a very important criteria, because if you and your family don’t feel at home, then your stay in the country is going to be short. The Ease of Settling In Index...
Travel to Toronto for a better quality of life
In the 2016 HSBC Expat Explorer survey, which analysis 26 871 expats across 190 different locations, the city of Toronto (along with Sydney) came out top – with 50 percent of expats saying they had a better quality of life than previously now that they live in...
7 top places to retire to in 2017
For the past 25 years, International Living has ranked the best retirement destinations in the world, looking at aspects like the cost of living, retiree benefits, climate, healthcare and much more. Here is a quick summary of the world’s top seven desirable retirement...
