🇿🇦PROS AND CONS of Living in SOUTH AFRICA l Expat Family of 4
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
- 🇺🇸✈️🇿🇦 Curious about life in South Africa from an American perspective? In this video, we explore the pros and cons of living in the Rainbow Nation. We break down the highs and lows to give you a firsthand look at the South African experience all in less than 10mins. Whether you're considering a move or just intrigued, join us on this insightful journey! 🌍 #livinginsouthafrica #expatslife #culturalexchange #southafrica
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Yes, Im Here, in sunny 🌞 South Africa 🇿🇦 ❤‼️
Oh welcome back home mama Jones. How has it been? We are happy you have visited us.
@@siyabonganxumalo4574absolutely “Amazing”‼️
I’m Loving being here 🫶🏽
Welcome to SA ❤ Mamma C
@Ricki please take mama to Nandos.
I want to give my South African family & friends a heart 🫶🏽felt “Thank You”, for all the Love shown to my family and I‼️
Thank you for the positives. We also appreciate the negative feedback cause there’s always a room for improvement.
True Sis
The secrete for the tastiest fruits and vegetables is that you find them from street vendors , including the ranks. Mangoes, peaches, sweet potatoes etc are so delicious 🤤
Nice to know, have you started to grow your own yet?
Best rule of driving in ZA is to adopt Ogmios Zen driving style(UA-camr). Be peacefully mindful of your surrounding, giving yourself extra time to go from A-B, do not let the behaviour of the taxi driver negatively influence your driving. Have a reliable car insurance.
Importantly avoid driving behind a taxi at a short distance, they can any moment.
I want to come there. I feel so uncomfortable mentally drained in the USA 🇺🇸 I want to leave soon as possible. Because everyday i feel unhappy here. and depressed everyday in divided, snakes of America 🇺🇸
Come back home. You are welcome here 🤗🫶🏾
Come home you welcomed 🇿🇦🇿🇦
Thankyou guys I think it’s time to make a shift I hope others will follow America is through. It’s getting worse
Come home let's build together 🇿🇦🇿🇦
Come quick we waiting 🎉
We appreciate the Content Family 🙏🏽 👌🏿 🇿🇦🇿🇦
Great content Family 👌🏿 🇿🇦🇿🇦
Hi family Jones!
I am happy to find you here.
Hey hey hey and as are we!
Don’t say anything to the taxis 😮😅…. We still love you 😂😂
True 😂
😂😂🤣🤣
😂😂great advice
Keeping up with the Jones 💯
OMG. Both my sons was on the Chess team during their time in school. I have found they are so thoughtful and strategic with their movement. I've told them to operate like pawns on this side of the earth. Move, achieve and prosper quietly. You can't gain power until you get to the end of the board. And rest assured you'll need help getting there. So don't show out.
nicely put and so true!!! You ignited my excitement in our kids playing chess and learning it in school! Thanks for this!!! How old are your sons now?
@@THEJONESFAMILYCHANNEL they're grown now. Almost empty nester tbh. Still bringing them to SA.
This is just awesome because when i first arrived in North America in the early 2000s i never thought that one day i will see my African American brothers and sisters moving to Africa beccause of how our continent is portrayed over there. I am also pleased by the fact that we are beginning to see many of you coming to Southern Africa . For a few years i have been jealous of West Africa because it seemed to be the destination of choice for many. Your review was very nice otherwise there are many problems in our land but i understand the impact of positive reviews about our country.Welcome home guys.
oh wow, thank you so much and yes, There is so much to be positive about here as we hope others will come to experience.
Can you do a South African music culture video of all the different genres, Amapiano, Kwaito, Rn'B and HipHop.
Add Maskandi, Scathamiya, Afro pop and Reggae too.
Thank u for a fair assessment.it is on point. We all have same experiences of the cons. Taxi drivers are the worst. We often say school has a role to play in shaping one's attitude.
Happy for you and your family. After reading the 4-Hours Work Week, I am here doing research for when I am ready to visit SA and possibly move there. 👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿
Have fun!
Part of it is learning to adjust to what is there when it comes to shipping. Changing products is a important when being an expat. Adjust to what is there. That’s the key. Learn the products you can learn to love there.
I went there for vacation and blended in very easily. I think it’s a great option for African Americans. I felt at home. I get why it’s a good choice.
How does it feel to have a summer Christmas 🌲
Quite different but fun all the same
Does your family have plans on visiting? Maybe once they see what its like there, they might want to relocate as well..
Yes, already here visiting 💚
Just came across your video guys and Welcome 🇿🇦❤️to South Africa ,not sure if your here for a visit or permanently ,but whatever it is ,enjoy your stay and know that there is no country in the world that doesn’t have it pros and cons but we are a beautiful nation and resilient,Welcome Home Guys ❤️💖all the way from Durban.
Awsome i cant wait to hear them speak zulu/Afrikaans etc😍
Why thank you
This was very helpful. Thanks for sharing
I love that view wow
Keep safe distance from taxi driver's, they always in a huge rush i guess cos they need to get their passengers to work on time. Bosses not very understanding and loadshedding makes things even more chaotic. Dont get into arguments with them either just let them pass. The scooters are either delivering food or peoples meds or groceries. If its checkers 60/60 they must hurry up before the ice cream melts. 😂They harmless though.
Im just happy that these driver's they earning a honest living. You got to keep phoning customs every day 😢
Hey there so u been to Africa? Any other advice for women plz appreciated
Omw love this. South Africa people are the most generous and fun people in the world. Be safe. If we could end crime we would be a world class city. Have you guys been to Sun city? It's a must for all families.
I love you guy's so inspiring
May I suggest FedEx, Courier, Courier Guy, etc in no particular order? Using the SA Postal services is a nightmare!
Luv you guys from soweto
I support the SA shipping part. I think they should make it hard for things to enter the country so that everyone can support local products
Great Info!!!👍🏾
You have to call the custom don’t let your shipping sit there for too long is gonna go missing. Please them you need your parcel as a soon as possible.
Dealing with Customs is really a pain. If I can go to Customs and get things myself, I would.
Big Facts!!! hahahah
It's also a con for us when it comes to shipping,it's very frustrating
they should learn Sotho, Tswana and Xhosa...I don\t understand why they make as if zulu is our official lamguange.
No one said isiZulu is an official language you know that comes from your mind... you can go anywhere in the world you will always find a community, tribe, culture, language that is more dominant than the others it doesn't imply others are less. Truth is isiZulu is spoken by a larger number and once you grasp it, it's easy to get by in most places, if I were to advise a person I'd tell them to pick at least one Nguni language and one Sotho, Tswana, Pedi. This is not a competition it's just common sense, I am a Zulu myself in KZN but my intention is for my kids to know at least another language so that communication will be easier for them no matter where they are
It might be because of the the area they are in. Where I stay we have Sepedi, Tsonga and Ndebele speaking people however at my school we did sepedi as a home language because Bapedi are dominating in the area. My little sister went to a private school and her home language was English because the people in the area the near the school are mostly white people
@@cboh9530 I don't care about that...Zulu is not a South African official language, that's why some of us don't even watch Tv no more because everything is Zulu as if they are the only tribe in SA...We have 11 official languages, SA is not a tribal country
Stop your tribalism, they will eventually learn other languages but remember that Zulu is understood by more than half of all South africans because it's mutually intelligable with Xhosa,Swati and Ndebele.
@@chiefk587 Dude I said I don't care about that. Zulu is not the only official language in SA. Does not matter how many people understand it.
Beautiful I thought you would mention loadshadding in the cons
hahahaha it's spoken of enough lol
Taxi’s defy all living laws not just road rules
What I've learnt from the USA on the internet and friends so many guns as if it's a cigarette I don't know if they understand that thing takes lives.. definitely I wouldn't raise my children at such a place especially boys.. God bless your fam here in the Union of South Africa🫶🇿🇦🇺🇸
Love this video. Yes customs is a nightmare!!!
my main question that not many addresses! how safe is South Africa! Especially Johannesburg!
Amazon has great shipping in SA
With all the challenges these taxis presents on our road, the establishment is just as rocky as their road manners.
In the late 50s, 60s and 70s, after people of colour were dumped in desolate areas away from cities, a need for transportation was birth. The untrusting gov of the day refused to give our parents a "carrier permit" to carry more than a family.
Those who owned large American automobiles, like Impala, Monaco and Valiant, were duly presented with a business opportunity to create a lift (payable)service, and cars carried plenty.
Panel vans were converted to mini buses, while registering these vehicles as rental buses, to circumvent permit prohibitions.
When the Jspanese marques hut the market everything changed. Mary Decker (Isuzu), Zola Budd (Toyota Hi-ace) and Nissan e-20 became so popular that some of our brothers had them on their walls.
This industry remained unregulated until the late 70s. While the associations are now throughout the country, this industry remains the largest untaxed business on the planet.
I guess with regards to family, this would be a perfect opportunity to have a few members come over for a visit maybe quaterly so at least both sides of your families can make it to Africa, for a visit. At least they have someone already on the continent and would not have a reason not to come, visit you and the country at the same time
We have to fix our our customs guys, I was also frustrated like the Jones are, our customs is in the pits, ordered a stuff in China it took 3 days to arrive in the country but took extra 2 months to be on my doorstep
Greetings, have you and your family experienced much crime there? Do you feel it’s any different in a societal context?
We have not experienced any however we aren't out in areas out at times in which crime is prevalent
Yep Taxis mh mh mh but you will get used to it
Use DHL , never used post office
I agree with regards to scooters and taxis 😢😢😢haaaaaai bo the worse
Imaphi ama scooters?
@pmambongwe8640 izithuthuthu for food deliveries in your neighborhood
I love your videos. However, would it be possible to do a video on the LGBTQIA community there? I'm a black transgender woman. I'm interested in relocating there. I'm just not sure if it's safe?
If we don’t touch this topic as you need be sure to check out our sisters @docnikiandcarla!
@@THEJONESFAMILYCHANNEL Thank you so much. I'm going to definitely check her out.
Listen driving in SA is an adventurous sport even to is South Africans😅
Just give ways to taxi drivers, you'll forever experience peace on the roads..😅😅😅😅
Renting so expensive in Sandton why not rent a house in Midrand or Rosebank? Sandton is an expensive area to rent. That Sandton high rise with so much open space in the balcony scary heights to be leaning on. Having kids I definitely not renting that scary heights balcony. U guys should go to Soweto try Tribe meat in their local restaurant and Soweto street food. The nice expensive areas is just the same as the US. Show us something we might say that's new more. Soweto, the shanty towns, the malls in Soweto and progress in Soweto from apartheid to now. U guys paying $3500 for that unit in Sandton wow u guys must be the middle class family doing well financially. Show us the university in down town Jozi, the college, bramfontein, Hillbrow slums, Calton center, small Street the dirty Johannesburg neighborhoods in Hillbrow. Drive to the villages show us the farmers, lands and their livestock.
Surprised smash & grab/having your cellphone stolen didn't make the cons list,.
lol I thought your cons were gonna include loadshedding and y’all not having water for 3 days 😂😂😂
Loadshedding happens in the states too as well as water outages.. It's not specific to SA
Taxis own the road everywhere🤦♀️🤦♀️
Hello, do you have a email address. I interested in relocating SA from Alabama. Thank you
Yes. However, our friend @relocatewithKaia is best to help you in this effort!
@@THEJONESFAMILYCHANNEL Thanks for your response back. I'll reach out to her. Blessings to you and your family on your next journey. Thanks again for all the information you shared.I will continue to follow I believe great things ahead for you. With that being said, we will visit in March and look to relocating to SA next year. Boom shakalaka lol
Scooters?
I think they referring to motorbikes and delivery scooters, you know how their drivers squeeze between lanes
@@dipzy21 Oooow Sisi, thank you. In my head I'm seeing proper scooters and thinking, no man, it can't be that
Hahah came back from Japan and shipped my sneakers. Still haven't arrived . That was in 2012...😂😂😂. Bloody bustards
My goodness
It seems like Americans spends lot of money on Rent when they to south Africa.
Afrikaans is not important...stick to isiZulu and isiXhosa
How's that at least they will be able to communicate in Dutch or German when they travel the world... what happened in SA should never happen again the language was being forced then, now it is a choice if you want to learn it or not and I've seen many Africans voluntarily learn the language.
@cboh9530 You so on the money here
Language of the oppressor my guy
The more the merrier
@@thabo3866 unfortunately you can't force people to do what you feel is right for you.. to each their own... we must learn to respect people's choices