For South Africans, the road to the UK can be a challenging one, but once you get there it’s worth it. To help you navigate through all the requirements and to ensure that your move goes off as smoothly as possible, we’ve compiled some essential advice and information based on what other Saffas have learned while making the big move…
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Moving to the UK? Don’t leave South Africa without tying up these loose-ends
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‘Hoe Afrikaans my in Irak gehelp het’ vertel vertel Johan Raath’n private militêre kontrakteur
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In Irak moet jy nie net koes vir koeëls nie, maar ook oppas as jy die slag net “dankie” sê. In dié uittreksel uit Blood Money, die eerste boek deur ’n Suid-Afrikaner wat veiligheidswerk in Irak gedoen het, vertel Johan Raath oor die werklikhede en uitdagings van die lewe as ’n private militêre kontrakteur.
Benewens die lewensgevaar waaraan private militêre kontrakteurs in Irak aan blootgestel is, het die daaglikse lewe ook talle uitdagings gebring, talle vanuit die natuur. Ons moes byvoorbeeld gewoond raak aan die ontsettende hitte. In suidelike Irak raak die lugtemperatuur dikwels 50 °C en meer. In die direkte son raak dit selfs warmer.
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Former SA soldier sentenced to death in South Sudan
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A former South African soldier was sentenced to death in South Sudan on Friday for attempting to overthrow the government.
Ex-colonel William Endley, 55, was “sentenced to death by hanging” for espionage and conspiring to overthrow the government, said judge Lado Eriminio Sekwat at a court in the capital Juba.
Bok Goosen speel weer ná sy omstrede ‘uittrede’
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Die gesaghebbende Franse sporttydskrif L’Equipe het Donderdagoggend berig dat die Springbok-losskakel/heelagter Johan Goosen weer in Frankryk gaan rugby speel.
Goosen, wat in November 2016 met ʼn verskoning Racing92 verlaat het om in Suid-Afrika ʼn direkteur te word van ʼn perde-stoetery, se onvoltooide kontrak met Racing is deur die skatryk president van Montpellier, Mohed Altrad, uitgekoop.
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TRIBUTE TO THE SOUTH AFRICAN SS MENDI HEROES – SOUTHAMPTON,UK
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Calling South Africans & Communities in Southampton, Portsouth & Winchester. Join us as we pay tribute to the fallen Unremembered SA Heroes of the SS Mendi of 1917.
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Suid-Afrikaanse gesin kry trekpas uit Nieu-Seeland
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’n Suid-Afrikaanse gesin wat sedert 2008 in Nieu-Seeland woon, moes ten spyte van ’n petisie wat duisende mense onderteken het, die land verlaat omdat hul seun ’n chroniese niertoestand het.
Netwerk24 het vroeër berig die Nieu-Seelandse owerhede weier die Von Metzinger-gesin burgerskap omdat hul 15-jarige seun, Ethan, met fase-vier-urine-terugvloeiing gediagnoseer is.
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Al die veld is vrolik met Blitse se 50-0-sege
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Rosko Specman se driekuns aan drieë in die Blitsbokke se openingswedstryd van vanjaar se Wêreldreekstoernooi in Sydney, Australië, was die hoogtepunt van ’n oortuigende sege met 50-0 teen Papoea-Nieu-Guinee. Dit was ’n vertoning vol energie deur die Suid-Afrikaners wat dit duidelik gemaak het hulle het na die Australiese stad gekom om hul titel van 2017..
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Which five American states have the most similar weather to South Africa?
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If you’re planning on moving to the US, you might want to consider the weather before deciding where to go. If you want to move to the States and are not bound to any particular city or state, read what the experts at The Law Offices of Grant Kaplan have to say about which states’..
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South African opera star who beat the odds performs for London audiences
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The multitalented South African opera star Njabulo Madlala will perform a concert called “A Night at the Opera” hosted by the High Commission of South Africa in London on 8 February 2018. Madlala hails from Inanda, a poor township just north of Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal. As a young boy, he was inspired by his grandmother,..
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SA family may be kicked out of New Zealand
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A South African family who has lived in New Zealand for nine years may soon be kicked out of this country. Steven and Joan von Metzinger and their children, Travis (18) and Ethan (15), emigrated to New Zealand almost a decade ago and currently live in Dunedin. However, after a nine-year battle with the local..
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