IS LIFE CHEAPER IN SOUTH AFRICA? An American Woman's Experience of Liiving & Working In South Africa

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IS LIFE CHEAPER IN SOUTH AFRICA? An American Woman's Experience of Liiving & Working In South Africa

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IS LIFE CHEAPER IN SOUTH AFRICA? An American Woman's Experience of Liiving & Working In South Africa | The Demouchets REACT
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@Sbudafada Жыл бұрын

Truth be spoken $88 in SA is extravagant. The trick is to keep your salary international.

@qeert1536 Жыл бұрын

I love South Africa I used to love it 16yrs is like my second home now I live America I used to live in captown western cape

@tinatendi Жыл бұрын

I’ve watched this video before and felt a lot of admiration for her. Yes, America is expensive but it’s a great teacher of life. This lady is working for an American firm. If she had a South African job she might have been living from pay cheque to paycheck as well. She is now teaching us all what to do. ❤🙏🏾

@steve-zg3xp Жыл бұрын

@@danielabatabogdanov8586 that totally depends on where you live in the USA... Don't make statements you cannot back up.

@PrincessVelaryon Жыл бұрын

I agree she is smart. Earning dollars yet living in SA at a lower cost of living and great exchange rate.

@tinatendi Жыл бұрын

@@PrincessVelaryon that’s the point right there..

@TheDemouchetsREACT Жыл бұрын

Income and cost of living expenses different. You can make $4K a month, but still be one check away from homelessness.

@TheDemouchetsREACT Жыл бұрын

We hope our South African family are afforded these opportunities!

@mckinnleymitchell9947 Жыл бұрын

You would be absolutely welcome here! We have many problems, but there are problems everywhere in the world. We have beautiful, unrivaled weather all year round, we have an affordable lifestyle that you would love! Friendly people! I can keep going. Come!!

@SouthAfrica618 Жыл бұрын

You Should And See things on your Own South Africa 🇿🇦 Is Beautiful Country ❤

@tituskoketso-dq9nl Жыл бұрын

Its about currencies if u get paid in dollars certainly u will afford in SA but not for south Africans in paid in Rand's

@Unlinegroww Жыл бұрын

South africa is definitely one of the African countries that feels like home. 👍

@corrinntwanzorikhotso6296 Жыл бұрын

And we love you guys ❤❤I'd love to see you guys when you touch down Mzansi 🇿🇦

@TheDemouchetsREACT Жыл бұрын

Much love!

@raisibehappy4867 Жыл бұрын

And we love you so much, thank you

@TheDemouchetsREACT Жыл бұрын

❤️❤️

@avestuart Жыл бұрын

I visited South Africa from the US a few years ago, for Americans SA is indeed very inexpensive. Citizens there kept telling me that I could buy a nice house in one of the nice coastal towns. Only problem is that crime is so high there that literally everything has to be secured. Most of the residential areas I saw contained houses which were surrounded with barbed wire and some had private security which patrolled the neighborhoods. This of course is anecdotal, but from what citizens told me this seems to be a normal thing in SA. I hope that changes soon, looks like it could be a nice place to live. I certainly enjoyed my time there. When I landed in Johannesburg (after a 16-hour flight from Atlanta), the SA customs lady never said a word to me, just opened my passport, looked at something on her screen and stamped it. From there I was free to roam, getting in was very easy.

@TheDemouchetsREACT Жыл бұрын

The exchange rate favors us, but I wish more American companies were there to offer more job opportunities to help them. There are nice areas with security in place.

@lebohangthebe-hp4gw Жыл бұрын

Are you sure because other African Americans living in South Africa never been robbed saying crime is high in America, one thing i know is that I can walk anywere without mass-shootings and policing shootings between SA and USA whos the Boss in crime

@avestuart Жыл бұрын

@@lebohangthebe-hp4gw Yes i'm sure. I live in the USA and have visited South Africa. I've also looked at crime stats and South Africa still tops the list in terms of overall crime compared to the US. Corruption in SA also tops the US according to stats. This is anecdotal here, but I've heard many stories from residents in SA who've been extorted by police officers during traffic stops. While taking Ubers i've been warned by drivers that there are "police stops" around various areas and that if we're stopped and they find out i'm an American they will demand money. Many have told me that they've called police after being victims of a crime and police never showed-up. That by-and-large doesn't happen in the US. Every single resident i've met in South Africa warned me about safety. Everyone is on edge there. It's just what it is right now. Further, according to stats my chances of being involved in a police shooting here in the US are fairly low. My chances of being involved in a mass-shooting are also fairly low. Yes they do happen, yes we have a problem, but still we don't have the problems which are currently plaguing South Africa. All you have to do is look at the numbers. I feel like posts such as these devolve into a "my country is better than your country" debate. I'm not really here for that, both countries have their problems. However, stats still favor South Africa in terms of overall crime and that's just a fact right now. Can it change? Yes, it can. Will it do so? Yes, I think it will. All I know is that I had a great time there and i'll return.

@nhlaposbu Жыл бұрын

Thats psychological fear to keep people with money away from cheaper places. The same way business class is made more expensive than economy class ON THE SAME FLIGHT arriving at the same time. Separated by a curtain. If people say the area has crime ask them how they survive there.

@nhlaposbu Жыл бұрын

@@avestuart Chrime stats are a lie to keep the average person in the western economic cycle. How else would you keep pplvaway from a develoed country like South Africa. This world is governed through lies which we believe. How else do you think the rich stay rich. Is it not amazing how the very media is owned by the rich?

@nomazizizembe8662 Жыл бұрын

Watching from cape Town South Africa

@nhlaposbu Жыл бұрын

You can still live very comfortably st half the cost. Shes ballin.

@ayandakhuzwayo9023 Жыл бұрын

That's me being stuck and emotional ly disconnected. I want to start afresh and everytime I watch these shows I feel so attached.

@luthovellem865 Жыл бұрын

The shared historical similarities between the USA and RSA have produced similar identities in both their citizenry and their spaces. You are completely correct, when we view African Americans, we are always marvelled about how your social, economic and human identities resemble us. South Africa is the most industrialised country in Africa and the USA is the most industrialised in the world. South Africa however has a far greater cultural, ethnic and natural disposition than the USA so there are other offerings that South Africa has that no other country in the world and this is the value proposition

@TheMNHShow Жыл бұрын

$86 a day is about R50 000 a month - this is more than enough for one person. This is actually an extremely comfortable income. And Even if you had a family with one or two kids you can still survive on that

@TheMNHShow Жыл бұрын

@@AyandaMore are you illiterate? I said $86 a day is R50 000 A MONTH

@LiquidNation100 Жыл бұрын

@@AyandaMore $86 a day.

@PrincessVelaryon Жыл бұрын

True. You could even send your kids to private school on that income

@keletsomasimong5624 Жыл бұрын

Wait what?

@thendombengeni7443 Жыл бұрын

86 is about R1800.. U can only buy a monthly grocery with that

@neomontja71 Жыл бұрын

This video was so refreshing. I loved every minute of it. It's beautiful. ❤

@ScarabThaArab-wm4bj Ай бұрын

Woah. The guy this lady is dating was my hockey and cricket coach in high school... 😲😅😅😅I'm shook in a good way.

@morenakhaya655 Жыл бұрын

We have free Healthcare here n private Healthcare wer u pay.

@1HourOf. Жыл бұрын

@3:06 brooo...and it's crazy coz we been seeing as South Africans...on your behalf😄❤ and yeah you can't go wrong with Gin&Tonic😄🔥

@TheDemouchetsREACT Жыл бұрын

Much love, fam!

@thatweirdnigerianguy Жыл бұрын

Can't believe you're almost at 100k

@TheDemouchetsREACT Жыл бұрын

🥳🥳

@nelenesmithSA Жыл бұрын

Our minimum wage is around R3000 per month if I'm not mistaken - that is around $1 per hour.. if you have matric/work experience or additional qualifications then your salary as a starter should be at least double that amount. The industry that you're in also obviously makes a difference.. IT industries pays the highest salaries on average. Cleaners in the corporate world earns around R12500 per month for example. Waiters might earn R3000 per month fixed salary but they get 10% tips so they can easily make up to R6000-R9000 a month in total. A strange concept for me is that some Americans work 2 or 3 jobs at the same time just to survive..here you are able to survive on one salary (without kids).

@lebogangmokoenalebza6949 Жыл бұрын

true that

@tyali84 Жыл бұрын

I live in that reality where I work 2 jobs whereas in South Africa I only had my 9-5. I probably make 4 times more than I used to when I was in South Africa, but because of the ridiculously high standard of living in the US I end up paying 3 times more in rent, utilities, insurance, food, healthcare, tipping and literally just existing.

@PrincessVelaryon Жыл бұрын

@Lathitha Motsepe That a lot. When do you rest and how do you fit in the other jobs?

@TheDemouchetsREACT Жыл бұрын

Our minimum wage amounts (different per state) leaves our citizens one paycheck away from homelessness especially when they don’t qualify for welfare. Having several jobs at a time keeps that from happening (unfortunately this is the route many people have to take).

@user-bi8wp6wy3l 9 ай бұрын

The minumum wage in the US is very low and a reason why tipping is required for people to make a living either that or they have to work more than one job. In Australia our minimum wage is high enough that people can live without relying on tips. The minimum wage in Australia would be the equivalent of R38,000/mth people on the minimum wage usually earn more than that as they also get paid penalty rates for working on weekends, public holidays, doing shift work etc. The minimum wage in a country should reflect the cost of living if you tried to live in Australia earning the equivalent of R3000 per month you would have to rely on govt.welfare payments to survive.

@retnopurwati2801 Жыл бұрын

Don't Miss this amazing video.... INDONESIA MAKES US FEEL ALIVE...

@Fikile1 Жыл бұрын

please find out more about free education in south africa i love you guys.

@biggeststeppa1 Жыл бұрын

@@danielabatabogdanov8586 for someone who couldn't even get the minimum 30% you sure as hell are opinionated

@thembalethuzuma9696 Жыл бұрын

😢😢please come home guys you're welcom..i have friend from USA she staying here in Johannesburg ❤❤

@bmkubheka7972 Жыл бұрын

South Africa 🇿🇦 feels like home to you because you look like a South African

@TheDemouchetsREACT Жыл бұрын

Maybe, maybe not😉

@DriveWheels Жыл бұрын

Come to Limpopo, Polokwane.

@user-bi8wp6wy3l 9 ай бұрын

As an Aussie I lived and worked in South Africa and Mozambique for 3 years. I worked for an Australian company in Mozambique I was paid in USD in South Africa I was paid in AUD. The last time I was there in 2019 the exchange rate was R11 for A$1 so for me living in South Africa it was very cheap, Unfortunately for a lot of South Africans being paid the minumum wage in rand it is not.For the wait staff in the complex where we stayed I was actually being paid a day what they earnt in a month . When I was there in 2018 things seemed to be going along OK when I went back in 2019 the power was going off for a couple of hours maybe once a week. Apparently this was shedding and I believe that it may have gotten even worse since then. South Africa is a beautiful country with a rich mix of cultures there is so much to see and do but you also need to be a little more careful at times with your security, Definately worth a visit you should go if you ever get the chance,

@TheHiltonblake Жыл бұрын

I speak under correction, but I think the boyfriend of that lady, is a former provincial cricket player, from my home province (Western Cape)...

@nhlaposbu Жыл бұрын

She did say

@Yowhighness02 Жыл бұрын

Cost if living in SA is cheap for countries like the USA since their average salary is more than ours

@wandidabula2726 2 күн бұрын

Health insurance or medical aid is an option for this that can afford it, it is not as necessary as in America. We do have access to cheap or free healthcare and being sick does not mean you end up broke.

@mokgohlwemphahlele935 Жыл бұрын

Neo: is she gonna be protected, Ash...??? I need to know!

@SoloGamingZA Жыл бұрын

Yeah $88.00 a day is like R1800.00 as day that is a whole lot of money considering I only make about $500.00 a month in SA, What she spends in a day is what I have to pay for food a whole month. She is also not earning in ZAR so living here is very CHEAP on the $ but once you earn in ZAR then the tables are turned as then you as an American used to p;ay 20x lees for the same item than I have to in ZAR

@luthando6010 Жыл бұрын

The R3000 health insurance is expensive like i pay R1700( $88 ) for two people.

@beverleybarends57 Жыл бұрын

Hi fam..my country is awesome

@TheDemouchetsREACT Жыл бұрын

It is!

@elismadiba2050 Жыл бұрын

When are you guyz coming to south africa?

@brianconquest9679 Жыл бұрын

It's an okay comparison. However, she did mention her having a boyfriend there, so she probably had a more expeditious and trouble free transition than most will have without connections.

@oyttee Жыл бұрын

The guy is from my home town

@afiffudin6815 Жыл бұрын

Reaction MENTAWAI INDONESIA 🙏🇮🇩

@neonhlonze7118 Жыл бұрын

Her Boyfriend is Melusi Seboto w5go plays pro Cricket in Johannesburg.

@la6410 8 күн бұрын

But also why are we comparing dollars to rands? Of course ours will be cheaper ke ranta, sense e kae?

@sizwegabela1655 9 ай бұрын

Aibo $88 a day 🙆🏾...? That's my family's monthly grocery

@deleaderfam_musiq Жыл бұрын

it won't be cheaper the following years and US people will be denied access to SA

@SihleToni Жыл бұрын

African Americans are coming in numbers in South Africa

@keamogetsesekopane1870 Жыл бұрын

It's cheap cause she's earning in dollars we south Africans are having it hard living pay check to pay check

@sesethumadikane158 Жыл бұрын

🇿🇦🇿🇦Azania

@nhlaposbu Жыл бұрын

Our currency has dipoed so it has gone cheaper per dollar since the bideo was shot.

@TheDemouchetsREACT Жыл бұрын

Is it because of the currency swap?

@nhlaposbu Жыл бұрын

@@TheDemouchetsREACT no there is no swap weve never used the Dollars internally the dip is just global politics and economics as usual. The proposed de-dollarisation refers to a reserve currency when it comes to international trade between countries. As there was a global agreement that international trade is benchmarked against the dollar.