Herewith the latest  AfriForum Worldwide Spotlight. This newsletter contains news pertinent to South Africans living abroad, but also interesting inserts from people living all over the globe. Feel free to forward this newsletter. Anybody can sign up for free.

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Travelling with your sense of taste
The fact that many people who have contracted Covid-19 lose their ability to taste and smell has reminded me of the importance of one’s senses of smell and taste.

It is interesting how intensely one can experience a particular taste, especially when travelling. The memory sometimes lingers on for the rest of one’s life.

The cost of living abroad
Have you ever wondered what the cost of living is in other countries and how it compares to South Africa?

Apart from the cost of living, factors such as buying power, average salary and quality of life also need to be considered.

Pretoria rates high when it comes to quality of life and is regarded as comparable to London and New York. Cape Town and Durban rates even better and the quality of life in these cities rates close to that of Los Angeles and Brussels. All three cities however, are among the top six cities in the world on the crime index. How does the cost of living of other countries compare with South Africa’s?

Out and About: An email from Phuket
Out and About is a column where we chat with people who currently live abroad, or who used to live and work abroad. This week we chat with Sulize Koekemoer who lives in “The land of smiles”. She tells us more about her adventures abroad.