Oh yes, crime statistics are never a real representation of a place. It’s always a few bad areas in the city that give the whole city a bad reputation. We have similar things back in the states. And then media loves to focus just on the negatives of a place.

True if the President of S.A. was whites . They were not going to say Durban has a lot of crime. The problem is the ratio per population. In SA we are only 62milion. But in USA a person can kill many school kids but their crime will remain way down. I am a South African of 59 years of age and since I was born here I never had crime commited to me. There are other whites and blacks who had the same experience as me but they are laying queit and not telling that they never had crime commited to them. So other people are trying to take our country down but fortunately African Americans are coming to live and visit in S.A in numbers. Maybe they enjoy the place because of its similarities with USA. Our culture an their struggle for freedom. They say crime in S.A. is nothing compared to California alone. They say Gun violence is prominent is USA. So compared per population of 350 milion in America versus our 62milion, their rate crime high. I am happy that you enjoyed your time in the sunny South Africa. And please come back again.

Ahhh that’s a really fun fact. I liked them so much I bought our dog a squeaky toy hadada.

We love Durbz! I’ll have to look up Sandton, I haven’t heard of that yet. We have lots of places we want to visit on our next trip. Especially Capetown and we really want to make it to a game park to see the Big Five. Also we heard about cruises out of Durban going to Mauritius. There is so much to do we barely scratched the surface on this trip.

@@SavagesAdventuressandton is a Johannesburg suburb

I hope this is just the first of many trips back to South Africa. We still have so much to see!

Thanks!

No arguments here. People are scared to send their kids to public schools anymore in America. But what I want to show in this video is that South Africa was way safer than the news wants you to believe and it’s very much worth traveling to. We loved it!

Also Gang Violence.

@@SavagesAdventures (( KZfaq THE REAL SOUTHAFRICA WITH MARK BLANTON )) THIS AMERICANS WHAT LIVE IN SOUTHAFRICA

Thanks I’ll definitely check it out

What's strange is I'm 39,grew up in a township and also never got robbed. I now stay in a suburb and still have never been robbed. I'm not saying crime doesn't exist. I just think it is blown way over proportion

That's me, I'm a woman who travels a lot on business in SA, sometimes driving alone across provinces, always feels safe.

That doesn't change the facts 😂

If you wrong place wrong time shit does go down. I have been Hi Jacked... but it was on a worksite and planned. But only once and I travel all over South Africa and Africa and overall never feel unsafe. Love this Beautifull country.

@@philipschutte9019 Let them talk bad but the love of country will remain in your heart. Thank you for the comment.

The ground was pretty rough but he met a skater at a store while we were in Umhlanga and they talked for far too long lol The guy was starting the first South African skater podcast on KZfaq.

@@SavagesAdventures That's awesome! Ya'll should be guests on his podcast next time you go back

Oh that’s so cool! Do you ever get to go back to visit? The travel to get there was so long from DC but Durban was definitely worth it.

@@SavagesAdventures yes, I go home quite frequently. The last time I went was June last year. I am going home this Christmas. The flight is long for sure. From Atlanta to JHB is 14sh hours.

Is it a direct flight from Atlanta?! We couldn’t find anything direct but we didn’t start looking until about a month before we left

@@SavagesAdventures yes, its Delta every night.

Haha I didn’t know we ate fast. But we weren’t too worried about how long Roma took. Just thought it was worth mentioning. NYC is insane. Idk how 8 million+ people can handle that city everyday. It’s the most hectic city in America.

Durban was perfect! The day we had to fly home, it was almost 80 degrees(26 celcius) and then when we got to London, it was 40ish degrees (5 celcius).

Yes Cape town can be a little ruff I am from Gauteng. I flew once to cape and I was told to be careful. Where blacks stay its neglected by police and the rich surbubs can hire their own security because they have money. Apartheid is alive in cape town. The life of a poor person is not taken seriously.

Now back in America, I just met someone the other day that married a South African that was from a village near Kruger and he highly recommended that park. You are the second person to recommend Sandton so it must be really nice. Thanks so much for your recommendations!

I think it was just two guys saw an opportunity and tried something. But we didn’t get mugged and I can’t say 100% that’s what would have happened but it was just unsettling. We definitely still want to go back though!

Definitely coming back! We still have so much more to see and do

Thank you so much! I was just thinking about how no one has filled me in on that bird yet

Thank you!

There really wasn’t too many huge differences but we did notice some. Everywhere we went, stores had the portable touch to pay devices so it made using a credit card so easy. We barely even used the cash we exchanged. We just ended up using it to tip the staff at the hotel and parking attendants. Everywhere we went had security, parking attendants in every parking lot, also all the parking was free! That’s unheard of in any major city in America. The biggest difference though was definitely the pace of life. Americans are always in a hurry, we drink energy drinks everyday, we expect service to be fast. People get pretty impatient in the states. We went to a spar in Umhlanga to restock on energy drinks and the cashier was so nice and was concerned for how tired we must be all the time lol it was a really funny interaction.

@@SavagesAdventures that's incredible to know. And you telling me that the US doesn't have cardless services in all their stores? It's practically becoming useless for us to carry cash. Whenever I have cash I just give it away. Yeah because of high unemployment, people try to make money in every way possible. Car guards are just people trying to make a quick buck without resorting to crime. Besides a few places, car guards are usually random people who look after your car for change. Durban is a relaxed place, Cape Town too. Johannesburg is a very high-paced city. Everyone from other cities like to point out how fast we Joburgers are.

We do have tap to pay and everything it’s just not nearly as popular as we saw in Durban. Some places in America don’t even let you use a card unless it’s over a certain dollar amount because credit card companies charge businesses per transaction. Also some places in South Africa don’t even accept cash as all. Some places in America prefer cash because of the transaction charge. We loved having the peace of mind of parking attendants watching over the car. We always tipped a few rands. Also in the busy streets and parking lots having their help in finding spots was a blessing. In America, you are on your own. We have wasted so much time trying to find parking in big cities and then being charge outrageous prices to park. Joburgers!! That’s such a fun name!

SA has the best ATM ntw in the world and a very advanced banking system,even cheques like you use in the USA,has been discontinued.

We booked our flights almost last minute and the delta flight was super expensive. I think next time we want to try Emirates to check out Dubai on the layover

We’ve only been back home for less than a month and I’ve already looked at plane ticket prices 3 times. We loved our trip. Definitely one of our favorite places we have visited so far!

Ai kahle wena, nonsense..

@reantai, What this moronic comment supposed to mean? White folks have been living in South Africa since the 1600's. If you go to Cape Town and the Western Cape, you would not even know you are in Africa. It is lily white. Only a few black Americans can afford to move to SA. And those black that have moved there soon find out that in SA also they are behind the white folks, economically speaking.

Our next video is on Thompson beach! Well part of it.

U prefer braa then joburg. What r u say? Durban,mhlanga,ballito is 1thing

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We still went🤷🏽‍♀️