I have been suffering from Establishment Blues since the late 70’s, thanks to the R.Robin… / R. van Zyl, and gang from that era.
I am always a critic of incompetent politicians and others that keep on forgetting they are working for the people who pay their salaries.
But I am glad to say that renewing my licence the last 7 years from abroad is getting easier every time, as long as you have a couple admin issues sorted before hand.
Asian Eagle is correct with the detail he provided and I am sure he will report back that it was straight forward.
The only point that I found different was that C.A.A. do not except all ICAO medicals, as C.A.A. still require a stress ECG, where as some countries do a resting ECG. So depending on age and history it might just be worth your while to do a medical in S.A. It is relatively cheap compare to some countries.
Cluadia and Marietjie Haasbroek is always willing to help.