Cardinal P
I'm not particular about the area too much although i have had a look at the schools on the garden route (George) and they look good, well the websites do. Having said that it would probably be more convenient to train at Johannesburg so either really. And ideally i'd like to fly real IMC as opposed to under the hood. 1st thing to do will be to convert my Canadian CPL though.
I agree with what you're saying about schools & students. I trained at a highly regarded school in Canada and saw students there of varying aptitude. Of course we want the best training available but ultimately it's down to the students attitude and ability.