Working in South Africa a good idea?

[mike]

Hello,

I just received an offer for working with E******* in south Africa. However I never have been in South Africa and I don't have any idea about this country. the only thing that I know is because of the soccer World Cup. Does anyone can give any advice about working in the telecom sector in this country. What About security or something like that.

Thanks in advanced.
Mike.

[Mosdef]

Well i am currently in China have been here since 2010. I am from Botswana, its a country next to South Africa. I can say SA is a good country and a great place to work, the lifestyle there in general is the almost the same as most first world countries food, shops, places to see etc with a multi-cultural background.
It depends on the location where you are going to stay and work because most big companies are in Johannesburg "inland", Pretoria "inland", Capetown "coastal" and Durban "coastal". In terms of our profession the number of mobile users is high, the giant service providers which i think E******* is offering support to are MTN, Vodacom and Cell C and others like Virgin Mobile etc.
So when you get to know the specific location "city" of where you will be working i can give you more advice on the matter.

[rishi]

i have been there and worked for more than 1 years but yes it is very good to stay and work there

[patek1968]

I have been there for months in Centurion, Littleton..All I can say that its nice to work there and climate is cold during this season. We are doing drive-test for CellC and Vodacom under NSN and Huawei..

[ledhie]

Hi Mike,
Like Mosdef said that depend on your location, as far I know Head Office for E******* Africa region in Johannesburg. Other inland cities are : Pretoria, Bloemfontein and Coastal cities : Durban, Port Elizabeth, Cape Town. I think biggest project E******* in SA with MTN. Yes, it's nice live and work in SA.

[phongnt1]

IT IS EASY TO ILL, SPECIAL HIV

[lihanbok]

My friends did GSM optimization in South Africa and He said that this is a good place to do. I think you should try.
BR,
Lihanbok.

[binhtran]

What is your department to work? I think it's ok if you working at the operator's site.

[racimcimo]

Dear,

I am Radio Network Planning & Optimization experienced engineer over 6 years at Huawei

[SCHERIFFHELMY]

What about security
i heared that it is not at all secured also life is very expensive
can somebody clarify this