Cape Town — There has been an increasing number of expats returning to South Africa, despite the country’s struggling economy, high crime rates, and energy supply struggles.
In a report published by The Times, many South African expats felt happy to contend with the country’s harsh living conditions as opposed to living happily aborad. The report added that the cost of living in Britain and Europe, coupled with the wars in Ukraine and the middle East, have led toto many South African reconsidering living abroad.
According to IOL, South Africa, despite its many faults including load shedding, rampant corruption and crime, was being considered as a destination for the expats.
“South Africans living in the UK and Europe are becoming more miserable every day with wars on their doorstep, uncontrolled immigration and the increasing cost of living. At the end of the day, we all aspire to live a better life-style and will seek it out,” an agent of the Lew Geffen Sotheby’s International Realty in Cape Town, said.
South African expats fly home despite high crime
People who left the country during unrest in the 1990s are happier to return to a life of economic uncertainty than remain in Britain or Europehttps://t.co/EJxz8yUAer
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A recent video of a South African expat living in Ireland, was trending on TikTok. In the video, he revealed his regrets about migrating overseas.
“To all my South African friends in Ireland, when you work abroad, it’s a privilege, but it’s not easy. With that said, you will have to leave your family, your friends, everything behind to come and start a new life. It’s not easy to make new friends in this place, especially when you are South African,” he said.
“Truth be told, think twice before you leave home. Because when you come to another country, you will be treated worse than rubbish…Good luck. I know now how it feels,” he added.
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