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Living and Working in SA
Since 1994, South Africa has emerged as a sophisticated and promising investment destination.
The unique combination of a highly developed first-world economic infrastructure and a huge emergent
market has given rise to a strong entrepreneurial and dynamic investment environment, with
many global competitive advantages and opportunities. Thus, living and working in South Africa
presents exciting opportunities and challenges for the entrepreneurial and energetic business community.
Quality
of Life
South Africa offers diverse and
abundant natural splendour and a
year-round temperate climate.
Foreign visitors and residents
are able to purchase fully serviced
properties at a significantly lower
cost compared to similar properties
in the western world.
The low cost of living, the availability
of first-world health care, education,
sporting and recreation facilities
and other modern conveniences and
luxuries, make the South African
lifestyle one of the most attractive
in the world.
Investor Issues regarding the
Quality of Life in South Africa
are:
- Sophisticated cosmopolitan cities,
e.g. Johannesburg, Pretoria,
Cape Town and Durban
- Excellent living standards and
medical services
- English is commonly spoken
- International schools
- World class living conditions
- Superb recreational and cultural
possibilities
- Attractive international tourism
destination
Cultural
Diversity
With a dynamic fusion of African,
European and Asian influences, South
Africa is a hotbed of originality
and creativity and it is the interplay
between our various cultures and
the heritage of our individual and
shared histories which shapes our
nation. Read
more
Education
The South African education system
is seen as pivotal to contributing
quality of life and to building
a democratic nation. The aim is
to provide equal access to life-long
education. Education is enshrined
in the Constitution as a basic human
right. The South African education
system comprises over 12,3 million
learners, including 300 000 university
students and 190 000 technikon students.
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more
Health
HIV / AIDS remains the biggest of
all the many challenges facing South
Africa, and the government and leading
corporates are developing strategies
to help the workforce cope with
the illness. According to UN AIDS
figures, an estimated 4.2 million
South Africans are living with HIV
and AIDS, approximately 1 out of
10 people. On present trends, the
average life expectancy in South
Africa will be cut to 45 by 2010,
against 70 for those without HIV
/ AIDS. Read
more
Crime
Reducing crime is one of the leading
challenges of South Africa's democratic
government. In 1999, the government
implemented policy and developed
a strategy to enhance national crime
combating capabilities. While this
strategy has had some success in
impacting on organised crime, the
statistics suggest that the initiatives
are still to have an impact on crime
reduction in general. Crime remains
a priority concern, which continues
to breed insecurity and impede investor
confidence. Read
more
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