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Flavours of home – the South African emigrant’s platter of pleasure
According to Richard Doty, professor and director of the Smell and Taste Center at the University of Pennsylvania School of ...
South African emigrants barred from using SA credit cards abroad
Can you imagine travelling abroad and paying only in cash or traveller’s cheques? Perhaps if you were travelling a few ...
October 2015: Truly South African – crisp biltong stacks
It's Rugby World Cup and that's a perfect excuse for hosting a lekker braai every weekend! We all know that ...
Language only South Africans will understand
There are a lot of things that are uniquely South African - our weather, the way we drive, loadshedding, our ...
October 2015: Unbroken – what we can learn from SA’s favourite scrummie
Walking around with a broken rib like nothing is wrong. is commendable. Playing a Rugby World Cup final with a ...
October 2015: A rand in ruins
The rand has been hitting a few record lows in the last few months, with another hard knock on Heritage ...
October 2015: How Japan beat us at our own game
South Africans across the globe are up in arms over South Africa's first match in the 2015 Rugby World Cup; ...
October 2015: South African retirement funding: changes to the way certain offshore jurisdictions will tax you
Many South Africans who have relocated abroad test the international financial waters before making any unnecessary decisions about their money ...
Social responsibility and the bounty of Ubuntu
Ubuntu may not be a purely South African concept, but as a South African who has emigrated, this concept must ...
Make the conversion with financial emigration
We’ve all got memories of the good old days. Back when school was brown bread sandwiches with chutney and chutney ...
When push comes to shove – pension tax exemption for South Africans abroad
Many South Africans who have relocated abroad test the international financial waters before making any unnecessary decisions about their money ...
Please call me – the ideal way to make your airtime stretch
Do you have kids that have left home to study or travel? How many, Please Call Me’s do you get? ...
How Syria’s refugee crisis affects South African emigrants
If you're planning on immigrating to Europe from South Africa, you're probably wondering how the refugee crisis will affect your ...
R20 billion in unclaimed benefits waiting for SA emigrants
If you've emigrated from South Africa, there's a chance that you have unclaimed benefits back home. The Financial Services Board ...
Emigrating from South Africa – helping your expat children cope
According to immigration experts and authors, Carola and Marcelo Suárez-Orozco, immigrant children are prone to taking two extreme routes – ...
Robbie Wessels in London 2015
So the days are getting colder and shorter in the UK. The waning sunlight is hitting you at a sideway-slant ...
Things South African emigrants can be proud of
If you've recently emigrated from South Africa you'll probably get a lot of questions about your home country. And, of ...
Emigrating from South Africa? Be aware of these laws and customs
If you're traveling, working or relocating abroad it's important to know what you're allowed to do, and what not. Which ...
Moving your marriage – how emigration affects your relationship
According to a study by associate scholar, Yvonne McNulty from SIM University in Singapore; "Till Stress do us part: The ...
Dual citizenship – what South African emigrants need to know
Dual citizenship has always been a concern for South African emigrants. All over the world, expat communities discuss the matter ...
Red flag/green flag; China’s economic slowdown and the Rand
Red means danger, dire straits and loss, right? If you're from most parts of the world, especially the western world, ...
