Comments on: A Foreigners Guide to Slightly Less Frustrating Banking In Southern Africa​ https://stuckinlowgear.com/foreigners-guide-to-banking-in-africa%e2%80%8b/ Independent overland travel throughout Africa Tue, 16 Mar 2021 16:09:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Andrew https://stuckinlowgear.com/foreigners-guide-to-banking-in-africa%e2%80%8b/#comment-39 Tue, 16 Mar 2021 16:09:36 +0000 https://stuckinlowgear.com/?p=1471#comment-39 In reply to Peter.

Glad it was helpful. I have written various parts of that in emails to people, I figured I should compile them and post for anyone that might stumble across it.

We also looked at Santam and Outsurance, I can’t recall the diciding factor, but I think Tuffstuff covers further North in Africa which was important to us.
Good tip about recharging on the same SIM, we’ll try and it out.

We also hope to be back in October’21, wave us down if you see the cruiser!

]]> By: Peter https://stuckinlowgear.com/foreigners-guide-to-banking-in-africa%e2%80%8b/#comment-38 Tue, 16 Mar 2021 14:50:53 +0000 https://stuckinlowgear.com/?p=1471#comment-38 Hi,
Thanks for your informative post.
We also try to spend a few month a year in southern Africa and had to undergo similar experiences.
We also failed to open a bankaccount, and after 3 years the insurance Co (Santam) refused to renew our polis for the foreign registered car … the only option was OUTsurance … who needed eft-payment … luckily we made some friends through the years that don’t mind paying for it.
On our next visit (October 2021??) we ‘ll try your tip to open a “non resident cheque account”.

About the cellphone … we use Vodacom and idd, after 3 months inactivity, your airtime and data expires, BUT once back in RSA we recharge the same sim (via app or voucher) and we can use it again :-).

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