 There's no doubt that immigration is taking Mzanzi by storm and the best advice usually comes from those who've walked the journey. This is the Private Property Podcast. My name is Hetty the Entrepreneur and a very warm welcome to you all. Today's guest is no stranger to the podcast. He's participated in our Superfan game shows and has over 1,500 comments on the Private Property Facebook page and he's even been featured on our first time home buyers show. He's an aspiring property mogul with a couple of property investments under his belt. Please welcome the Superfan of the evening, Sammy Mzanzi. A very warm welcome to you, Sammy. Yes, good evening to everybody, good evening Hetty, thanks for hosting me tonight. Ah, that's absolutely wonderful, Sammy. It's always wonderful to chat to a Superfan. So Sammy, this evening, we are talking all about immigration and delving into your own experience with immigration. So let's get straight into it. Sammy, tell us, what is the reason that you decided to emigrate? Yeah, you know, the reason behind my emigration was just to look for opportunities. That's one big reason that I wanted to move from Limpopo to a better place where I can find opportunities. How thing was the closest to me, then I chose it, then I, yeah, I think how thing, looking for opportunities and one other thing I think also looking for schools. That's what made me to decide to move to how thing and how looking for a property was one other reason because I just realized being back home in Limpopo, properties then they were not in like being valued in rural areas, then I had to look for a property where it will generate in a long run some value for me. Absolutely. It always makes so much sense to actually emigrate to look for greener pastures. So which city in particular in how thing did you emigrate to Sammy? Okay, no, I emigrated to 20 Pretoria for Malinone. Yeah, then I started in townships, Sushangu, that's where I moved in, then we got a property in Sushangu. Oh, fantastic. So tell us about the move, Sammy. How did you settle into your new home? Oh, it was a bit tough, you know, you buy a house that is being, somebody was living in that they were not looking after it very well, then, you know, with lack of experience on some of the things, you get into a property because of your likes, the place you liked there was big enough, then you start renovating here and there, but we thought even having an idea to say you were really investing in that property. You know, you think you're just getting there for the sake of you need a place to live in. Then with the little bit renovation that you make in a long run, they come back to assist you when you want to maybe sell to move to another area. Absolutely, it really does make a huge difference to improve upon the quality of the property that you are staying in. So, Sammy, how would you say that semi-grating has changed the quality of your life? You know, when I was back home in Lumpapo, so many things, there were lack of opportunities, lack of knowledge, you know, then you come to an aware everything is moving very fast, then you meet different people, you know, then that's where you start seeing or you know, everything is different here. People are living at the movement, everything, you know, you meet great people in your life when you are around places like Howdy and where there are opportunities and where there are schools, you know. Absolutely, Sammy, this has really been so highly informative. I feel like I could chat to you as our super fan for the entire night. Perhaps last but not least, Sammy. What tips or advice do you have for those private property fans that are thinking about semi-grating? I think what one should look into, they should look into a place where you know you want to semi-grate but you must also look at some factors. I think number one, affordability is very important and don't just move to an area where you can't find opportunities because either way you will move to a place where you can find opportunities then down the line maybe a few years later you'll want to move to another place. I know that's because of maybe your of employment and stuff like that but also you must consider the movement is not as cheap as one could think. You need to look at the investment that you made because sometimes you might buy a property when you're semi-grated to a new place where selling will find it now it doesn't advantage you will find you are selling at a lower or the property hasn't accumulated any value then it will be a little difficult for one to just decide to move. Then number two, one should also look at things like is there a mall shopping centers and look at crime and do do your research and check the highways how far you're from the highways because as you grow you start also wanting to drive to nearby places where you are looking for more opportunities then look at the traffic look at schools because maybe you might be moving with your family if there are enough schools that can cater for your children education and stuff like that and don't forget in yourself also you look at the opportunities around that can also benefit you in a long run because of now you know there will be a mall that will be built there will be a school there will be a university you look at some of the things that the future plan for for for the area that you want to move at. Well those are really really valuable insights that you have shared with us this evening semi I really thoroughly enjoyed it thank you so much semi for sharing your insights with us and for being a private property superfan we look forward to hosting you once again. Thanks to you of course you know this shows they they've educated me since the beginning when we started with Zama from the first episode that we yeah and and today look where we are we are one of the best people when coming to properties just because of the shows that we watched from day one until the 504th show tonight and yeah I really appreciate and the time given by everybody to to be able to share my experience. That was Sami Malachi our superfan over here at Private Property Podcast now let us know private property fans would you consider semi grating moving from one province to another or perhaps one city to another let us know within the comment section and as you can see it really does pay to be a superfan. Now we are back again with another history class so get cosy because we're about to go back in time this is South African history. The right to free movement the government restricted the freedom of movement for black citizens from rural to urban areas during the apartheid era black citizens needed to obtain a pass to move between locations. Arrival of the Dutch in 1652 Dutch colonists arrived at the Cape of Good Hope to supply fresh food and water to ships traveling from Europe as the number of Dutch colonists increased forcibly acquiring land from farms and clashing with the indigenous African people. The great trick migration to the center the migration of thousands of Dutch speaking families towards the country's interior became known as the great trick and those who migrated became known as the four trickers. First records of immigration the second bore war destroyed the livelihood of many rural farmers leading to them joining numerous locals and immigrants fighting for employment in industrial areas. Now that was quite a mouthful we hope that you had as much fun learning about our history as I did teaching it to you. Thank you so much private property fam for showing us love on facebook we truly do appreciate it. Now it's time to announce tonight's winner of the 500 rand prize can you guess who it is? Let us know within the comment section if you can guess who the winner of the 500 rand prize is. So the winner of the 500 rand prize for the most interaction is Sandy Shabekia. Drop us an inbox to claim your prize Sandy this is absolutely amazing and do join us again on Monday for another insight packed episode. 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