Every country has its own problems. If its not politics, its the cost of living or the weather. We have several friends who have returned from Switserland (3 families of Swiss citizens) and two from Canada. I am also aware of people who have returned from Australia as they could not adapt there with street gangs etc. If you cannot afford to live in a good neighbourhood, you are exposed to crime, same as in SA.

It may be easy for people with family ties in the UK, as most of them have never been real South Africans, they were just here on a temporary basis with a goal to return anyway. People who were born and bred here, including descendants of the 1820 settlers, have become part of the country.

I was not born here, but arrived at the age of 6. I became part of the country, I bleed when the country bleeds, but I glow when I see the dry Namaqualand in flower, the great Orange and other rivers in flood, the majestic Drakensberg and the Cape mountains, our wildlife, the Knysna forest, our magnificent coastline and pristine beaches. The list is endless. I love our diversity and the different cultures. We have so much to learn from each other.

Yes, there is crime and corruption, but maybe that is your purpose in life, to start to make a difference and throw that 1st starfish back into the ocean.