Thanks Earl, good insights.
Do ex-pats have to live in European-style compounds, or do just they tend to do that to keep close to support networks?
I live in Oz, and our government is recommending at the moment no Australians travel to SA unless absolutely essential - any idea if other governments are giving their citizens the same warning? If so, on the basis of what threat is that warning based?
(I do read the papers, I know there's been some bombings, but then that's not an issue confined to SA, Bali was on our doorstep...) I mean, as an ex-pat there, do you feel threatened in any way? do you carry any form of defence like some of our American friends do in their home towns?
What does it cost to rent an apartment there? I think I would be working somewhere in the Central Business District... I would prefer to be able to walk to work - or am I kidding myself? does anyone walk anywhere in the heat?
Cheers