k9000
Nigerian expat in South Africa
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Nigerian
Lives in cape town
Registration: 09 April 2012
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Nice area to live for 3-6 months by Guest9383
I'm looking for a nice apartment 600 pounds a month hope someone can help me
We were thinking of looking for a house in century city. How is the commuting to town? ( traffic situation)Well Century city (CC) to town is like a 10-15 min drive on a freeway with your own car. Add another 10 min or so in traffic which occurs ... Read More
Nice area to live for 3-6 months by Guest9383
I'm looking for a nice apartment 600 pounds a month hope someone can help me
I lived in a place called Century City for 2.5 years. Loved every minute. Great place, safe, serene, up-scale, houses the biggest shopping mall(I read) in Africa called Canal Walk, lots of other great attractions. Your budget would be more than ... Read More
Reshaped by a culture? by spongekoji
For whatever reason one ends up in living overseas they need to ditch what was normal for them and incorporate new things into life whether they like it or not. Some seem to almost frantically replicate their home countries by eating the same food, ...
Very interesting points/questions/topics. Might come back someday to give my 5 Rand's worth of opinion. Read More
Meeting people is Cape town? How? by devbarg
Hi everyone, OK, a bit of info about me. I Was born is Lagos, finished High school there, then in 2006 came to South Africa to study where I obtained a degree in IT. in 2010 I went to Europe on scholarship and now back to South Africa in 2011 to ...
Whatup partner. As you'll see, we have a few things in common. Others would be that I sorta kinda maybe have an IT background (or do I?) as I studied socio informatics, so know a lil java/php/html/css/etc (or do I) But it was never really my thing. ... Read More
Rent in Cape town by beamomac
Hello! It is in this forum where I can apply for websites, newspapers or publications on "rent room in Cape Town"? I am interested in traveling there for three months from about October and would like to have things looked at from Spain through ...
best place to look would be capetown.gumtree.co.za/ Read More
Buy Pension Fund by lauralab
Hy, I'll be working in South Africa with a South African contract. I would like to know if it is possible to get back the south african pension fund I'll be paying every month in my salary to use it to pay the French retirement pension ...
Very interesting question. I hope you'll come back and share your outcome on this when you get one. A friend recently asked me something along the same lines. Read More
Hello from FinePlaces! Living in Cape Town, Loving Africa by FinePlaces
Hi, everyone. I'm American and have been living in SA for over 5 years now... so guess I'm not a newby anymore but I am loving all the experiences I've been having, especially traveling and photography. I have a blog at FinePlaces.co.za - it's my ...
Nice blog. Read More
Students residence by Isabela anz
Please, someone know where can a find a student resident to live temporarily? i'm from Barsil and i'm going to study in cape town for 3 months. thanks!!
Just google it. surely you'll get a few hits, then you'd have to find a way to determine how you can get some "2nd hand" info about the place. Like get someone on ground to visit the place you chose and check it out, if possible. Read More
New Member from South Africa by stacywalkersa
Hi, I'm South African, moved to Cape Town in 2010, looking to meet some new people in CT and make some friends:D
Howdy Stacy, I am perhaps in your shoes or even worse. I been in CT 3+ years, and I am not so sure I can point a finger at anyone in particular and call them a friend. Yes I have met people, but it has been in the course of/ as a result of ... Read More
Have you recently gotten a job offer though you had no work permit? by k9000
Howdy all, Is there anyone here who has been in the country with any other type of visa except a work permit, but who has been able to find a job? I ask because of the unique situation where Home Office won't give you a work permit unless you have ...
Hi. I wish it was different, but no, you have to get that job offer.. Regards SarahThanks Sarah, Yeah, unfortunately seems that's how it is. Will just keep pressing ahead. PS. I had previously sent you a PM about the books you listed for sale in ... Read More
Have you recently gotten a job offer though you had no work permit?
Howdy all, Is there anyone here who has been in the country with any other type of visa except a work permit, but who has been able to find a job? I ask because of the unique situation where Home Office won't give you a work permit unless you have ... Read More
South African work visa--in a tricky situation help please by shadeslayer
Hi everyone, here's my situation 1. I already have a job offer from a prominent company in South Africa 2. But my employer has told to arrange for the visa myself; i.e. no help from employer, which means I can't apply for General Work permit (as it ...
Personally I would suggest you contact a local immigration firm as they would know best how to handle the situation, you can either google a company, or if you want, I can recommend the firm I have dealt with in the past. Read More
Anyone from Canada in CT by Sylvain LG
Hello, I am a Canadian citizen from Montreal currently working in Cape Town. Anyone from Montreal out there? Is there a place in Cape Town where we can watch a hockey game??
hockey. in SA. haha. thats a good one Read More
Pregnancy in Cape Town by Christine
Hi, could you please share advice and tips about pregnancy in Cape Town? Who are the best gynecologists for pregnancy follow-ups? Which hospitals or clinics would you recommend to give birth in Cape Town? Thanks a lot in advance for ...
Not sure how accurate my info is, but I would figure it to be in the right ball park. I would personally (not like I am/can get pregnant myself,) go with the top health facilities in the city and I off the top of my head, I am thinking mediclinic, ... Read More