Hi ClintonB,
You mentioned no airlines are hiring in South Africa. SAA hired around 25 pilots during the last two months and will be hiring another 25 early next year. Interviews are currently in full swing.
This means that all the other airlines will have to hire pilots to fill the openings left by the pilots moving to SAA.
In the end the choice is yours but if I had to do it all over again I would still train in SA.
Regards
JBF