So, here we are on our way back to SA.
Reasons:
1) Lack of Medical Specialist and not enough resources; waiting for hours to be helped even though we were on private medical
Always have to work through a GP and can not just go to a specialist.
Can not get my regular medication here since the Government controll's what the Dr's can and can not prescribe unless you want to pay hundreds of dollars for that spesific medication.
2) Can not live on a Nett Salary of $5500. Month to month you might get by but you can never save enough.
3) Property is crazy expensive and not affordable unless you have $100 000 as deposit.
4) Can not stand the rudness and disrespect of children, the lazyness and the attitude of "no worries" the state will provide.
5) Everywhere I look I just see tatoos, piercings and weirdos.
6) Can not afford to buy any clothes. You'll pay $20 for a shirt which you would pay R20 or less for in SA. I have 2 small toddlers who need new wardrobes every 4 to 6 months because they grow so quickly and I have looked for a cheap place like PEP here but can not find it.
7) I mis my family and can not bare the thought that it might be 3 years or more before I ever see them again.
If I want to see my family, I would have to save up for the next 2 years and then all of the money would be gone the instant that I book the tickets so we will never be able to save up to buy a property or anything else.
9) The schools are just as bad and you have to shop around for the right school and that would come at a price........ private school fees!
10) Kiwi "can do attitude". They will be quick to say that they can do this and they can do that but if they have to show you how to do that then they can't. They like to act superior and pretend that they know all. They are quick to label you as negative if you are realistic in saying that the deadline is not achieveable in the given time span ect......
11) I can not stand the houses that has this "paper" walls (office like dry walls). You can hear everything. The slightest little thing pokes a whole right through the wall and makes marks everywhere. My nerves have had it, I could not live like that.
12) They don't have vibracrete wall's like SA. They have wooden piket like fences seperating you from your neighbours. They might just as well not have anything between you and the neighbours. You have no privacy.
13) They are nosey and always want to be the wistle blower. (Klikkie bekke)
14) They always try to be politically correct.
I suppose I can highlight more things but the idea is not to down the country. I only wanted to share this so that other people might learn from our mistakes and try and deal with these things before they come over. We did not think about the what if's and we did not realise that we would have to prepare our emotions like when you say goodbye permanently.
We also made the mistake of buying cars for more than $5000. It is not nessesary because the vehicles here are kept in excellent condition and because you have to do roadworthy so often the cars of $2000 are also in good shape.
With all of that being said I also have to say that we will miss certain things about New Zealand.
