When considering a move to a new city, there is nothing more useful than hearing real life stories from the people currently living there. Read authentic expat interviews below, and please contact us if you have lived in South Africa and would like to share your own unique experience.

 

Tom Pitman lived in Cape Town from 2002 to 2008 with his wife and two small children. They first lived in Bantry Bay and then bought a house in Camps Bay where they lived for four years before moving back to London. They both still return regularly to South Africa. See the full interview.


Annabelle Dare moved with her boyfriend, James, to Cape Town in 2003, planning to stay for a year or two. Now married with two children, Belles and her family are having such an amazing time that they have no plans to return to London. Read her expat advice for Cape Town. 


Kate Snyder came south bright-eyed, bushy-tailed and ready to colour Cape Town red; little did she know just how much the Mother City would mold her own personal priorities and ambitions. Read more about Kate's Cape Town expat experience.


Chinese expat Yun Zhang is stretching out into the seemingly endless space that so many Cape Town locals take for granted. Read on for a rare glimpse into the mind's eye of an Asian woman gone African.


Sine Thieme is a seasoned American expat who has recently relocated with her family to Johannesburg, a city that in her experienced estimation has the world's best climate. She is a mother, prolific blogger and articulate reconteur regarding expat life in Johannesburg, South Africa


Zandi, a British expat living in Cape Town, looks like a South African, hails from the East End of London, and isn't afraid to tell it like it is. As she says, it's the only way she knows how. Black. British. 30-something. Married. Confused. But Living in Cape Town. Read what she has to say about her expat experience in South Africa.


Yvonne Lazarowicz is a Polish born, Polish/South African/British/Norwegian bred former lawyer and law lecturer currently living in Cape Town, South Africa. Yvonne is married to an Englishman and is mother to two girls. She helps others expats make a smooth transition to expat life in South Africa and also blogs about her experiences. Read all about Yvonne's slice of expat life in South Africa.