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Immigrate to Canada: Canada’s Express Entry Application
What’s the best way to immigrate to Canada from South Africa? When you’re in a hurry, the best way to ...
How To Make Biltong The South African Way
Biltong is an SA classic and one of the first things that South African expats miss when they touch down ...
South African Jokes (Jan van der Merwe)
Ah, today feels like a great day for a few good old fashioned Suid Afrikaanse grappies, doesn’t it?! Every day ...
The Lekker Shop located in New Zealand
Are you already settled into New Zealand or perhaps heading over there in the near future? New Zealand is a ...
Everything You Need To Know About Getting A Tax Clearance Certificate From SARS
One of the most stressful parts of being a South African expat is dealing with SARS. Everything tax-related just seems ...
The South African Accent
As a South African expat, you probably know this already…South Africans communicate in such a unique way that even their ...
The Future Expat’s Guide To South African Exchange Control
South African exchange control regulations are there for a reason: to control the flow of money in and out of ...
Boeresport: Staying Fit South African Style
Has the global lockdown got you couch-potato-ing your way through the days and weeks? Chances are that you have taken ...
Amanda Coetzer: Famous South African Tennis Player
With the world starved of sport and sporting events over the past few weeks and months, perhaps it’s time we ...
Orange Cake (Lemoenkoek) and How to Make It
Hmm! Who remembers sinking their teeth into a moist and zesty slice of Lemoenkoek when growing up? Isn’t it about ...
Old South African TV Shows
Growing up in South Africa was made all the more enjoyable with the plethora favourite TV shows made available by ...
Leon Schuster Movies Throughout the Years
Oh Shucks, let’s talk about Schuster for a minute! With everything going on in your life, you probably haven’t had ...
What Happens To Your Retirement Annuity In South Africa When You Retire?
You’ve been paying diligently into your South African retirement annuity fund your whole life, and now you’re ready to take ...
Gourmet Boerewors Rolls
The boerewors roll is a plain and simple South African classic. A piece of boerie slammed into an ultra-fresh buttered ...
Homemade burgers: What’s there to know?
Hamburger night (or day) is certainly a night of the week that’s looked forward to in the average South African ...
Richest people in South Africa: Who are they?
It’s the kind of money that most can only dream about. It’s so many zeroes after the digits that it’s ...
American Bars Welcome You – True Bar Hospitality
If you find yourself living and working in the United States, you are in for a real treat. Just like ...
How to Transfer Your South African Pension to Australia
If you’ve recently relocated to Australia or you’ve been living down under for some time already, transferring your South African ...
Best Video Chatting Apps to Survive Lockdown
Just because we’re in lockdown, doesn’t mean that we have to be lonely. Thanks to tech, social distancing is a ...
South African Condensed Milk Tart
Drum roll please! Enter the good old traditional South African Milk Tart, or as we like to call it in ...
