QUOTE (Stijn1234 @ Aug 6 2009, 12:16 PM)

Well, South-Africa is a beautiful country, the climate is perfect, English widespread so it could be a great place to invest for foreigners.
But, I think there's still some way to go, I visited Cape Town and other parts of South-Africa and it scares people off when seeing how the 'better houses' need protection against possible thiefs and criminals. I just don't like living in a house with an enormous fence around it... Maybe this will change in the future?
I think it depends heavily on the stability of Africa as a continent, not just South Africa as a nation. Warring and corrupt nations in Africa have historically had very negative effects on their neighbors, although South Africa is a beautiful, very modern nation, I would be careful of the effects being surrounded by unstable countries(many run by warlords) can have before investing.