Greetings Budgie -
Great place to build PIC time. The Johannesburg area will be a good gateway to cool places to fly to. There are many flightschools (aka renters) in the J'burg area. Start with<a href="http://www.flyingacademy.co.za" target="_blank">Central Flying Academy</a>They are out of Grand Central, next to Jo'burg CentraL business district. Furthermore, Lanseria, Wonderboom, Rand and Johannesburg International airports are all within 10 minutes flying time from Grand Central. Flying northbound for a couple hours will put you in the most beautiful scenery in the world. With your B'tish pounds, you'll have the best time of your life. You might not even want to go back to the UK after your hours are logged... Hope that gave you some good info.