[hardworking]

Desirable countries for white SAs like New Zealand and Australia have strict criteria for allowing immigration, based mainly on skills and/or money

About ten years ago we knew a couple who fled SA and at that time there was a strict rule about how much money they could take out of the country. Consequently, they bought lots and lots of furniture in SA and brought it to the U.S. hoping to sell it for cash. Unfortunately, the furniture was rather unusual in design (beautiful wood, however) so it didn't fetch much and they had to start over from zero. They also said that their home in SA had become a fortification due to the crime.

[monday]

"Consequently, they bought lots and lots of furniture in SA and brought it to the U.S. hoping to sell it for cash."

I have heard of a similar deal in which a farmer bought lots and lots of brand new farm equipment from a dealer in America, but then told the dealer to hang onto it instead of shipping it to SA. When the family arrived in the US, they sold off the farm equipment in order to recoup their money. I think they were successful for the most part. They only lost a little money instead of everything.