South Africans in London

Expatriate voters acknowledged

The government has acknowledged the important role that South African voters abroad played in the country's 2009 general election, saying it boded well for building a global South African "brain-bank" to help bring investment and skills back into the country.

In London, voting for South Africa

South Africans gathered in their thousands in Trafalgar Square, London on Wednesday to vote for their country's future. John Battersby joins them, and is reminded of the crowd that gathered in the same place 25 years ago, to help consign apartheid to the past.

In London, voting for identity

At 4am, London is dark and raining. While my taxi snakes me through the deserted streets, a trainee Jesuit priest is camped outside South Africa House ... Timothy Schultz joins the queue to vote in South Africa's general election, and asks himself why he's doing it.

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Global South Africans

Global South Africans

A new initiative has begun to tap into South Africa's worldwide brain bank.

Brand South Africa Blog

Brand South Africa Blog

How do you see South Africa? How does the world see us?
Join in the conversation.

Finding the South Africa London community

Finding the SA London community

SA news, services, social clubs, business networks and entertainment in London.

Buying South African food in the UK

Buying South African food in the UK

Missing your potjiekos? Forgotten the recipe for bobotie? Here's a few links to help you get the taste of home.

South African radio online

SA radio online

Log on to South African music, news and talk - wherever you are in the world.

Consular services for South Africans

Consular services

Whether you're living or travelling abroad - or getting ready to do so - our offices abroad, or the Department of Foreign Affairs at home, can help you in a number of ways.

SA OFFICES ABROAD

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