REMOAK.
Well if you care to actually read my post, I clearly wrote that the job you are offered is casually considered 'YOURS'.
Look if you take the job with a positive attitude and you have reasonable vigilance with local advice you will be rewarded in my opinion. Looking for advice on a rumour network is probably not the advice you are looking for , hence this debate outbreak. Your skills may be matched in Southern Africa as there have been a few BAE146 operators here , SAFAIR, Air Bots, Air zim -come to mind - but then again I don't know you, and maybe you have the edge they need - then again there may be some PDA types the Govt would be more interested in seeing here.
I really hope you get to experience the good company of the SA type working pilot in SA to give you a better impression.
As for contract working - you are speaking to a South African here, not many pilots here have not done that!