When perusing the many online groups for communities of South Africans abroad, it soon becomes clear that the one single biggest problem for SA Expats (SAFFAs), or just those visiting or travelling abroad, is getting Documentation or Identification from SA Embassies (DIRCO) or even Home Affairs back home! In many cases this documentation is vital in order to travel or remain legally abroad. Yes, we all know, and joke, that South Africa is now a barely functioning failed state, but to be told in an official communication by an SA Embassy, that you would have to wait up to THREE YEARS for a birth certificate, is, to put it bluntly, criminal! The Embassy even went so far as to recommend asking family back home to do it for you! Remind us again why we have a “government” and pay taxes?
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South Africans Abroad (SAFFAs) Abandoned By ANC Regime! Some Even Stuck in Foreign Jails, Unable To Get Documents From SA Embassies or Home Affairs!
SA faces serious shortage of qualified workers – experts are leaving country in search of a better future
South Africans with good qualifications are leaving the country in increasing numbers, causing a serious shortage of well-qualified workers. Immigration agencies are experiencing an increase in people with good qualified careers who are going abroad for a variety of reasons. According to informed sources, the main reasons are cited as the shrinking economy, the state’s..
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Confused Millennials in UK Beat Up White South African Security Guard Mistaking His Accent For Polish!
A gang of teenagers beat up a school security guard before jumping on the bonnet of his van, smashing his windows and telling him to “go back to Poland”. The victim, a former police officer from South Africa, needed hospital treatment after suffering a broken shoulder in the racist attack at Bishop Fox’s School in Taunton, Somerset.
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WATCH: SA doctor singing to young patients in Ireland goes viral
A South African doctor has become bit of an online sensation in the United Kingdom since a video of him singing to a sick boy went viral. According to UTV in Northern Ireland, Dr Ryan Coetzee, who works in the Causeway Hospital in Coleraine, can regularly be heard using the hospital’s children’s ward as his..
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Weekend travel information for 24 May 2019
Here is our weekly travel update to help you get around London this Bank Holiday weekend, and the following week.
Most of the network will be open with services running as normal so you’ll be able to get wherever you need to go. Please check if any of the following affect you.
London Underground
Piccadilly line
From about 00:01 on Saturday 25 until Bank Holiday Monday 27 May, there will be no service between Hammersmith and Heathrow / Uxbridge. This is due to track replacement work. Customers for Heathrow airport should use non-stop coaches running between Hammersmith and Heathrow airport. These have porters and extra space for luggage and buggies but are not wheelchair accessible.
Customers for stations between Acton Town and Heathrow should use the Central line to Ealing Broadway or the District line via Gunnersbury and follow purple signs for bus A, which runs every 7 to 10 minutes.
Weekend travel information for 10 May 2019
Here is our weekly travel update to help you get around London this weekend, 11 and 12 May, and the following week.
Most of the network will be open with services running as normal so you’ll be able to get wherever you need to go, but please check if any of the following affect you.
London Underground
Circle line
On Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 May, there will be no service on the entire line. This is due to line modernization work. Use alternative Tube and local bus routes. Rail replacement buses will run.
District line
On Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 May, there will be no service between South Kensington and East Ham. This is due to line modernization work. Use alternative Tube and local bus routes. Rail replacement buses will run.
Hammersmith & City line
On Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 May, there will be no service between Baker Street and Barking. This is due to line modernization work. Use alte
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It is wonderful to see the South Africans in London take to the voting polls!
Thousands of South Africans from all over the United Kingdom rallied together at Trafalgar Square on Saturday to make their mark! London, United Kingdom – A patriotic buzz filled the chilly London air around the South African High Commission at South Africa House in Trafalgar Square; On the 27th April 2019 South Africans from across..
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Weekend travel information for 26 April 2019
Here is our weekly travel update to help you get around London this weekend, 27 and 28 April, and the following week.
Most of the network will be open with services running as normal so you’ll be able to get wherever you need to go, but please check if any of the following affect you.
London Underground
Circle line
On Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 April, there will be no service on the entire line. This is due to line modernisation work. Use alternative Tube and local bus routes.
District line
On Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 April, there will be no service between Edgware Road and High Street Kensington. This is due to line modernisation work. Use alternative Tube and local bus routes.
Metropolitan line
On Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 April, there will be no service between Aldgate and Wembley Park. This is due to line modernisation work. Use alternative
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Weekend travel information for 5 April 2019
Here is our weekly travel update to help you get around London this weekend, 10 and 11 November, and the following week.
Most of the network will be open with services running as normal so you’ll be able to get wherever you need to go, but please check if any of the following affect you.
London Underground
Central line
From 01:20 on Saturday 6 until Sunday 7 April, there will be no service between Bethnal Green to Loughton and Woodford via Hainault. This includes Friday Night Tube. This is due to track replacement work. Rail replacement buses will run.
London Overground
There will be a reduced service from Gospel Oak to Barking until further notice. This is due to a lack of available trains. On Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 April, trains will run about every 30 minutes.
From Monday 8 until Thursday 11 April, there will be no service between Hackney Downs and Chingford after 22:30. This is d
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The UK Government announces that they are now reforming the Immigration route
In its latest Statement of changes, published on 7 March 2019, the UK Government has made it very clear that it is moving away from the Points-Based Immigration system (PBS). Both the Tier 1 Entrepreneur and Tier 1 Graduate Entrepreneur route are falling away shortly. These routes will be replaced with an Innovator and Start-up..
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