If you only have a South African passport - working visas are currently only available for the USA and Canada.
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 The country which you end up visiting will suit your specific needs.
Start by thinking about what are you trying to achieve during your gap year. Are you prepared to take risks or not? Do you like meeting people?
Factors to consider when choosing why and when to visit a country or region:
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All travel today contains an element of risk, and it is always recommended to have insurance of some sort, depending on your circumstances and your travel plans and itinerary.
The main areas to decide upon the level of cover required are:
- Medical expenses
- Personal accident
- Cancellation or curtailment of your trip
- Travel delays
- Baggage and personal belongings
- Travel documents and cash
- Personal liability
- Legal costs
- Extreme sports and adventure activities
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 Here is some basic advice prior to your trip to Africa: If you are using prescription drugs get enough supplies to last your entire trip (in their original container in your carry-on luggage). There are many world-class pharmacies in South Africa, but it is sensible to bring your own.
- It is recommended that you talk to your health care provider regarding the necessity for vaccinations such as for Hepatitus A and B, rabies, and typhoid. No vaccinations are required by the South African authorities.
- If you are coming from or via South America or Sub-Saharan Africa it is recommended that you are vaccinated for Yellow Fever. Immigration officials do check for the necessary documentation, so do not take a chance!
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 Visas, passports and entry requirements
- Visas are required for some countries. If you are a resident of the United Kingdom you do not need a visa.
- Your passport must be valid for a sufficient period to cover the intended stay, and it is recommended that you have two clean pages available for immigration stamps.
- You must have sufficient funds for your stay and a return / onward ticket.
- Yellow fever certificates are required if the journey starts or entails passing through the yellow fever belt of Africa or South America.
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South Africa fact box (from www.southafrica.info )
Did you know that South Africa generates two-thirds of Africa’s electricity? That 40% of the continent's phones are here? That 20% of the world’s gold is mined here? Check out our box of fast facts about South Africa.
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 South Africa has a fairly extensive network of cellular networks, with most towns and cities having reliable connections to GPRS and 3G technologies. There are 5 cellular providers at present – Vodacom, MTN, Cell C, Neotel and Virgin Mobile.
You can choose between prepaid options (where you use your own phone and buy a ‘Pay as You Go’ starter pack, and you get a sim card onto which you can load airtime when and as you need it); and a contract (where you enter into a 24 month contract, choose a specific cell phone (which is free) and you receive a specified number of seconds or minutes of peak or off-peak airtime per month, sometimes with extras thrown in).
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 Below are some hints and advice and quotes that all relate to money. We all need money, but your attitude towards money will affect every other area of your life, including your gap experience. A simple point to keep in mind is this: Frustration arises from inaccurate, unrealistic expectations. What do you expect money to do for you? What do you expect to do to get money? Two sides of the same issue! Let us know what you think! Send us your hints and advice!
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More and more students are planning to take a break between school and further studies, or between further studies and starting to work. However, many are either pressured out of it
We compare the cost of staying at home to going on a structured gap year course in South Africa
There is not a shortage of jobs in this world – there is a shortage of great paying jobs!
When your gap experience is over and the dust has settled, and you are safely back at home it can be difficult to settle down at first.
Who doesn’t enjoy the concept of a break, a holiday, a gap from the daily routine of modern life? The question is really 
If you mention taking a ‘gap year’ to people you will probably receive variations on one of two reactions:
At any one moment there are thousands of people around the world taking a gap – time out – who have finished school,
