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Union building.
Their presidential villa equivalent to ask rock.

Random pictures
Location- Pretoria

Lol guy...I'm here now ,I'm telling you I saw no checkpoints on the road, I travelled from Pretoria to mafikeng in North West province, no single police, I could count the number of times I saw police, even their vehicles,i only saw police once in nandos eatery buying something,he was just with pistol and radio. Naija own go carry rifle with cellotaped magazines upandan


In Pretoria and Joburg where I know,there is constant light 24/7, since I'm here , only once they did loadshedding and you were been informed on time and when it will be brought back .it wasn't up to 2 hours.

The open market are not everywhere, they are where there is high residence of migrants in that area.

I have been looking to find a pothole since to no avail.

mroyato:
While I agree with you that South Africa is way ahead of Nigeria, I think some of the points you raised to support your claim are quite exaggerated.

1. Recently (Although not very recently), south africa's power generation and distribution company, ESKOM have been facing a lot of challenges in the electricity sector. Hence, it's not business as usual with some province experiencing up to 4 hours of load shedding everyday.

2. There are metered taxis in south africa. They also refer to those buses as taxis sometimes.

3. I have not seen anyone hawk on the street but there are open markets everywhere.

4. They have a name for their villages, unfortunately I cant remember now. Trust me, some of those villages dont have light and good roads.

5. There are police check points but not as common as what we see on our roads here.

6. The weather can be very cold during winter nights. Some areas get to -2°c in the night.

The truth is SA have their issues and they are very serious ones.

That being said, I really envy quite a lot of things about SA and sometimes I wonder how unlucky they are to be classified as a part of Africa.

1. The university system: They have the best universities in Africa. They have 2 schools in the top 300 on the world. At a time, UCT was in the first 100 world universities.

2. I also love the evertthing about Capetown. From the airport down to the city, there are only a few cities in the world that can match the mother city.

3. If you are a fashion freak, there's literally a store for every designer brand you can think of.

Pay

Splendor1:
Do I have to pay for it? Or it is just the booking?

Book return ticket on the airline website instead of one way

Splendor1:
Congrats Sir.
Please how did you do the return flight ticket for the application?

Hahaha.. my guy

qhunlay:
Go and continue your thread na abi you're busy with Pretoria babes?

Open field in pH stadium
I think it was the isolation center

NigerianJobs:
Where in PH did you do the COVID test? I’m visiting SA next month

Myself and by submitting all the proper documents

whitemonies:
please i would love you to put me through the process if you did it all by yourself and if it was an agent i would love to go through same means too. i would love a short visit just and am not planning to over stay either. please help out if you can

You can apply yourself and get visa.
Just read
If not,they will keep reaping you since you are not ready to learn

whitemonies:
PLEASE BROTHER AND SISTERS, GURUS IN THE FIELD I HAVE BEEN RIPPED COS THE AGENT I HANDED OVER MY VISA PROCESS FOR A VISA TO SOUTH AFRICA PHONE NUMBER HAS STOPPED RINGING AND THE LAST TIME IN WHATSAPP WAS ON 14TH OF FEB 2021, I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM HIM. PLEASE I WOULD ASK FOR HELP AND ASSITANT FROM ALL MEMEBERS OF THIS GROUP TO PLEASE ASIST ME OUT. I HAVE MY PASSPORT AND MY YELLOW CARD. I DON’T WANT TO MAKE MISTAKES I NEED DIRECTION I DON’T MIND TO PAY FOR DIRECTION HELP A BROTHER PLEASE. THIS IS MY EMAIL: COLLINSONUIGBO20@GMAIL.COM, MY PHONE NUMBER: 08146000340.

I've just stayed in South Africa for some time and I noticed how ahead they are than Nigeria

1) They have 24/7 electricity,if there is going to be power outage, they will let you know on time and when it will be back ( not always less than 40 minutes) and rarely occurs
2) They have good roads, I didn't notice any potholes since my stay there.
3) They have quality education, the structure of their universities is lovely, even the students area make sense, like Europe settings. Kai, I just remember unn..chai. Most importantly nothing like ASUU strike.
4) There were no taxis , only buses and they have brt lanes organized movement.
5) No street trading on the roads
6) No wet or open market, only malls
7) There are traffic lights everywhere,( they call it robot here) and everyone obeys it because camera is watching)
They have a functional credit facility system, their citizens are entitled to buy goods on loan so far you have I'd number
9) they have what they call RDP houses for their citizens, HOUSE for FREE!
10) Even the roads in their villages are tarred , everywhere
11) Nothing like roadside mechanics, everybody takes his cars to the manufacturer workshop every 10,000km, it's a must.
12) I can count the number of times I saw police, nothing like checkpoint on the whole road, I mean crossing different towns, I couldn't believe it.
I remembered pH to Owerri where they are over 150 checkpoints.
13) Their policemen don't carry ak rifles, just pistol and radio
14) Their government healthcare is absolutely free


Additional observations
° It's common to see diesel cars here, petrol is expensive here
°The weather is just cool, I love this, not too extreme and harsh
°I didn't see any '05 corolla or Camry muscle or spider, I didn't see even lexus es350 that's reigning in Nigeria, just fords, Benz,BMW,Kia, and they mostly drive small cars even the whites too. No much fast life.
°People smoke cigarettes on the streets more, white women especially , maybe due to the weather
°

Hh

I have replied your email

Yes, the person sent his statement
It's the person's house

kizonero:
Thank God for journey mercy for you bro. Quess it's your first time of traveling. What is the experience like. Give us more update bro, our ears are itching.

When you say perm, do you mean permanent resident.

You didnt present your bank statement because you were invited over by a permanent resident, does it mean the person sent you his bank statement to present at VFS.

What about accommodation, is it the person's house you are staying or hotel. Ofcourse the person will definitely send you a letter of invitation. What and what did he state in the letter as the one inviting you.

How did you now composed your own letter of introduction. And what about employee recommendation letter, did you submit that too. Pls bro, If I can get the sample of the letter I will appreciate.. kizitoagumadu2020@gmail.com


Thank you and enjoy your stay in the republic

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Bazy66899:
Good to know .. how many months visa where you given?

Airpeace
Yes , covid test is mandatory
No rand in hand
It is just cool, not cold
Layers? I guess you mean sweater, yes the aircraft gets so cold but there's blanket that will be given.
Passport, covid19 result, yellow fever, boarding pass,

Theyoungmatron:
Glad that you made it. Which airline did you use?
Covid test? How much did you have on hand- rand? How cold is it? Do we need to dress in layers? During boarding, what did you present?

I was invited by a perm resident
So I didn't submit my bank statement .
Processing took about 3 months

Bazy66899:
Nice thread . Please how much was the balance in your account before you applied for the sa visa ... I am on the verge of applying and someone said I should have minimum of 2m. And please how long did the visa processing take ? Before they game u

I did for 30k in pH.
I didn't do another one on arrival...you don't need to so far as it is within 72hrs .
The weather is nice, very nice, it's as if medium AC dey up for sky. Lol

Theyoungmatron:
Nice thread.
How much did you do your covid test? Did you do another one on arrival?
How is the weather like?

SA chicks make sense
No be that nonsense we dey do for Naija

My view

Going to Pretoria

Hello, everyone , I'm in South Africa now. Though I'm on a short term visa and I'm not planning to overstay,so I'm going back soon.
Here is really nice, like Europe really, whites everywhere, I went to the hospital yesterday, the doctor I met is a Nigerian, every Nigerian I meet here said here is okay and the same thing 'its better than home' lol.
Though some mentioned about having plans of moving to other countries like USA etc on long term due to the fear xenophobia in the SA blood (
The weather is cool really, as if ac de blow from heaven.
Their English accent is very funny,you might have to listen well to understand,
In all it's good really, If your heart's desire is to come here, I pray you achieve it in Jesus name

I wait for my luggage tire.
Omo ,these people English accent dey funny me die.
Even this their Zulu language just dey funny to me

Flight landed around 8am
We here led by one tunnel stuff straight into the arrival hall, so no aeroplane pictures. Chai e pain me enh

Turbulence worry for here o

Gaborone

This White man for front no gree collect any food, only water .
I no know wetin him dey feel

Early Hours.. around 4 am I think

I just use my earpiece dey listen to my music.
I managed to watch one natgeo wild documentary sha.
I just dey look this map.
Omo, 6 hours no be small thing oh, and cold dey, better one!. Blanket was given sha

In flight entertainment
But them no get enough music sha , just about 5 albums, unpopular ones

That foil contained rice and chicken.

Omo ,the air hostesses make better sense. Them too fineee . Chai!

The aeroplane big sha
Boeing 777
Allen onyeama try for us o..this direct flight good ...no cap

At the departure area of the Johannesburg flight.
Omo , people dey go SA oh.
Some south Africans were here, Whites, Igbo guys dey kwa, youruba dey too.