{"id":170793,"date":"2024-08-04T14:30:12","date_gmt":"2024-08-04T12:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/?page_id=170793"},"modified":"2025-07-09T09:36:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T07:36:55","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-id170793_a8d0b4-98 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id170793_a8d0b4-98 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id170793_a8d0b4-98 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);max-width:var( --global-content-width, 1400px );padding-left:var(--global-content-edge-padding);padding-right:var(--global-content-edge-padding);padding-top:75px;padding-bottom:75px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id170793_a8d0b4-98 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id170793_a8d0b4-98 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id170793_a8d0b4-98 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id170793_a8d0b4-98 alignnone wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-1-columns kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-top kt-inner-column-height-full kb-theme-content-width\">\n<style>.kadence-column170793_451f94-ef > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column170793_451f94-ef > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column170793_451f94-ef > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column170793_451f94-ef > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column170793_451f94-ef > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column170793_451f94-ef > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column170793_451f94-ef{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column170793_451f94-ef > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column170793_451f94-ef > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column170793_451f94-ef\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<p>This initiative is the ideal platform for every South African currently living abroad, but who would still like to stay in touch with his homeland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initiative involves a website helping people to remain informed of news events in South Africa. Here you can also get reliable advice, simply enjoy each other\u2019s company, share your experiences and tell more about the interesting places where you currently live and work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our AfriForum Worldwide team has done proper research to determine what exactly is important for South Africans abroad and that is precisely why this information has been published on the website. This includes current local news and contributions such as photos and stories of South Africans living in interesting places on all four corners of the earth, as well as a World Guide that is unique in its own way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This guide is also the place where South Africans abroad can do genuine South African shopping for products like biltong, Ouma rusks and traditional chutney. It even contains a database with the details of businesses and restaurants serving South African food, people offering assistance with financing, as well as the names of South African attorneys and doctors abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The World Guide is aimed at helping people that are busy adjusting abroad to meet other South Africans while at the same time supporting their businesses. The interactive guide makes it possible for South Africans abroad to have their businesses included in the World Guide free of charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Worldwide also has a newsletter,\u00a0<em>Spotlight<\/em>, to which you can\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20231210135813\/mailto:wereldwyd@afriforum.co.za\">subscribe free of charge<\/a>. 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