I read the news today, oh boy!

[Ruby]

^We couldn’t all just uproot and move somewhere else – even if we wanted to – and I don’t think the majority do, nor do they have options. I have a British passport but no thanks – I really would not migrate to that island. My daughter who lives on Gozo was here earlier this year – you might think that Malta is an ideal place to live, but no – they too have their own set of problems (domestic violence, incidentally, is rife) – it’s also pricey as hell along with no wildlife and a decimated environment - something she misses very much about not being here. It is safe crime wise (excluding domestic violence), I will say, which is probably largely due to being a small island with nowhere to run! And even so, she loved being back in Cape Town for a bit although her life is there now – her partner, work etc., so a return is not practical. And yes, KZN, where that man lives has major problems – the province is governed by corrupt idiots, as are others, but that situation doesn’t apply to the entire country. And not everyone in KZN carries a sidearm - total exaggeration. If anything, it's a small minority and would largely depend on where they were located. A friend of mine was just there for a conference, in fact - without incident, or fear of one and I know people who live there - very well, as it happens. My parents were based there in their later years. 

I don’t have my head in the sand – we are not living in Utopia - far from it, we have problems for sure, but where doesn't? I think one needs to be discerning when it comes to sweeping generalisations and as someone once said, “the grass is not always greener on the other side, it’s greener where you water it.”