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Virtual Safari South Africa
As a South African living abroad, one of the things you’re likely to miss most is the bushveld but if ...
The Expat’s Guide to: Tax Emigration from South Africa
The upcoming changes to South African tax law that will effectively close the loophole that allowed South African emigrants to ...
Christmas Platter Ideas
With Christmas looming and with the pressure of hosting and entertaining family and friends building up, you’re bound to be ...
The Living Annuity Lowdown: Here’s What You Need To Know
You’ve been diligently paying into your retirement annuity or pension fund your whole working life, and you’re finally nearing retirement ...
Four Things You Need to Know About Selling Your South African Property As An Expat
What do you do as an expat if you decide to sell the property you own back home because you ...
Recognising South Africa
When you think of some of your favourite movies and series, you probably never even stop to think that some ...
Roast Turkey Recipe
As a South African expat, the concept of a roast turkey on Christmas day is somewhat unusual, isn’t it? While ...
South African Christmas Lamb Roast
When you think of a truly traditional South African Christmas feast, what comes to mind? Roast leg of lamb, roast ...
Expats Abroad: Here’s What You Need To Know About Your South African State Pension
It’s a question that we encounter frequently from South Africans living abroad or planning to move abroad: do I qualify ...
The Expat’s Guide: Sending Gifts Home to South Africa
Just because you can’t make it back to South Africa this festive season, doesn’t mean you can’t still spoil your ...
Money Matters: How Does Forex Work If I Need To Transfer Money From South Africa?
Living abroad with financial interests back in South Africa means you’re probably used to living and thinking in two currencies ...
Christmas Pavlova with South African Fruit
What could taste more like home this Christmas than Pavlova with South African fruit? Nothing, right?! When spending Christmas away ...
Tax Compliance Status: Getting Tax Clearance from SARS
With so much paperwork involved when it comes to emigration, it’s not hard to get overwhelmed and lose track of ...
Real Talk: South Africa’s Investment Outlook
2020 has been a LOT. With panic and uncertainty resulting from a global pandemic, now is the perfect time to ...
Expat Tax Matters: What You Need to Get Tax Clearance from SARS in South Africa
When it comes to money there’s nothing that escapes the taxman’s attention, so you’ll want to get the nod from ...
Famous South African Chefs
From average South African homes, complete with Sunday lunches and afternoon braais, great South African chefs have been born. These ...
Ostrich Burger Recipes
Today’s focus is Ostrich meat… In the18th Century Ostriches were hunted for their feathers, which just happened to be highly ...
South African Christmas Cookies
It’s beginning to look and sound a lot like Christmas, isn’t it? It’s almost as if the start of December ...
FAQ Regarding Retirement Funds Under 3 year Lockdown After Emigration
The 13th of October 2020 was a big day for recent and soon-to-be South African expats. It’s the day the ...
South African Banana Bread
We all think that we have the best banana bread recipe in the world… until we taste someone’s new take ...
What Documents Do I Need to Financially Emigrate From South Africa?
When the time comes to seek out greener pastures in another country, there’s a process involved that calls for something ...
