African Americans Visit South Africa For The First Time | Our Honest Opinion

As a Kenyan, in Texas, USA, I’d tell you that South Africa is Africa’s pride. It’s beautiful and far much better than many states here like Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana and Oklahoma. I’m grateful that y’all are having a good time in Mama Africa, y’all continent. Welcome back home!

I am an American living in South Africa. For the longest time we didn't know if we would go back to the states... Our minds are made up we want to stay. We love the weather and the beauty to much. Yayyyyy for South Africa!

I’m proudly South African, thanks guys for showing SA to the world.

I visited SA 2 weeks ago for 7days, man the media lied to us. I stayed at Hotel MINT on KATRINE street in SANDTON. I left for Dubai after my week visit, man I regretted why I have to leave so early. The people are so friendly and nice.

There's no place like South Africa, 🥰😊
I see you can't stop smiling when you talk about My Country 🇿🇦
Thank you for the visit, you're welcome 😊

*When are you guys finishing your tours, remember Kenya is your African home,* 🇰🇪 😂 *Anyway South Africa is that big brother we Kenyans are looking up to in many things.* Much love Our brothers and sisters from the South. 🇰🇪🇿🇦❤

I honestly smiled throughout this video🥹 yes our country has ALOT of issues, but we need to remind ourselves about the little things! Thank you for this!

Your comments about SA brings tears in my eyes we are blessed to be South Africans❤

As a South African I am so happy to hear this. It breaks all stereotypes about Africa. Also glad that you guys had a great time ❤

As a South African (based in Pretoria but I work in Joburg) this really makes me happy to hear and feel grateful for the nice country we live in. I also love to travel and I always find myself longing to go back home after a few weeks or a month away!

As a Kenyan 🇰🇪 I definitely agree SA is way ahead of Kenya not just in terms of development and infrastructure, but also other aspects 👍 And I love my fellow black SAns especially the beautiful and curvy women 😘😍
However, Kenya is still a work in progress and will eventually get there! I really like how Kenya 🇰🇪 and Morocco 🇲🇦 have made such significant strides without depending on natural resources like oil and gas or gold mining! Let’s give these two countries the respect they deserve 🫡👏

With all the Kenyans in the comments, I'm a jump in and speak as a repat to continent, Nairobi is now our home. However, we love SA. Joburg has higher quality housing at better pricing versus Nairobi. As someone from the Caribbean who spent most of his life in the States with a wife from the southern US, we found that the food where ever we went in SA, was much much more to our liking and closer to what we're used to. Also, tech is cheaper in SA. It's an easier transition spot for someone coming from the west or global north. However, for my wife and I, Nairobi grabbed our hearts. It's not always about which country or city has better this or that. The question is: to where are you being called. What's the place that aligns with your purpose? Where do you belong? People call us Kenyans now. Tunashukuru kwamba Kenya ni nyumbani kwetu. We are grateful that Kenya is now our home. And now Kenyans and South Africans can fly back and forth between countries visa free. We can enjoy the best each other has to offer.

Awesome to hear you enjoyed our beautiful country, South Africa.
Thank you for your wonderful compliments.
Safe journey wherever you go next.

Lol the Kenyans in the comments are not giving up in convincing you guys to make Kenya your home base. Man i luv them 🤣

I started truly appreciating my SA country when I moved to NewZealand 😂...SA is sooo advanced in so many ways ... Have a great time and thank you fir the positive feedback about our Mzantsi ❤

Johannesburg is a very big city there is a lot to do and see

As a South African, I'm so pleased you guys had an awesome experience. Loadshedding is part of the norm now but I'd rather live here with loadshedding than move abroad without loadshedding, blessed to be living here. I personally would love to see more footage of the experience, the food eating, the restaurant visiting and the events that you took part in like mini golf for example. I think that would just buff your content even more, but awesome job! Loved the video, subscribed and can't wait to see more. PS next time you in South Africa come to Cape Town. You will NOT be disappointed...visit the V&A Waterfront and take a few helicopter sunset tours :)

Thanks for visiting South Africa 🙏 🇿🇦 the more people come, the more the myth of Africa is debunked. Yes, there's a huge Indian population in South Africa and the food is different from Indian food. South African Indian food is tops ✌🇿🇦

Welcome home beautiful couple!! SOUTH AFRICA LOVES YOU BEAUTIFUL AMAZING FAMILY

Guys, thank you so much for all the good things you commented and experienced in our beloved country, South Africa. And also being so honest about the good stuff here!!! We hope you will come and visit more!!!

Places to go!!
*Cradle of Humankind
*Apartheid Museum
*Nelson Mandelas house
*One of these Casino's ( gold reef city, Monte casino , Carnival City, Emperor's Palace)
*Sun City aka The Lost city
*Magaliesburg Express(old school train ride)

I’m happy for you to be in my country. I’m a South African living in New York. I miss home every day, I always say the only thing that is good about USA is the dollar for now otherwise everything else is not exciting to me.

Visit Durban, the Umhlanga area, just stunning 🔥

Enjoy your stay in South Africa. I hope you're spending more time here than just in Jozi. (I'm from Johannesburg) but Cape Town , Durban, Mpumalanga all over, are amazing places. Our entire country is beautiful though and has so many different things to offer but those are the places I love most. 🇿🇦

Johannesburg was on my list to settle down places so glad you all were able to enjoy yourselves. SA. Good 👍

Cape Town is incredible. The beauty of the mountains and the beaches will make you fall in love.

Welcome to South Africa. If you’ll still be in Johannesburg, take a day trip out to the Hartbeespoort Dam area for a country-style experience (although a lot of development has taken place there is recent years), so you can go to the Elephant walk experience, the cable car up the mountain, enter a resort to get to the Dam and water’s edge, stop off at various farm stalls and roadside curio shops, go on a hiking trail, etc, etc.

Joburg nightlife is popping🔥
Pubs, clubs, bars and bistros, we have the best nightlife and you can plan your night out, Joburg has it all, from hipster bars and dancing clubs, to historic pubs and bar districts. The nightlife areas are spread across the city, it's lit😛

As a South African i must say im happy yall came here most people think that south africa is not much to look at but South Africa, Africa as a whole is beutiful

Hey, Family. Welcome to South Africa. Enjoy your stay. Please do not go back to the states without visiting Cape Town. 👌🏽👌🏽. Please eat some oranges and drink some 100% orange juice. That should clear your blockage. THANK YOU

Cape town,, Durban,Pretoria ,Port Elizabeth ,Kruger,sun city. etc new subscriber 🇿🇦🙏

Interesting to learn about the comparisons. The mall is not just big but has characters and looks better than many generic malls in the USA 🇺🇸. Thanks

Thank you guys for your honest opinion about my Country ❤ see you next time Johannesburg African World Class City❤❤

*Here are some of the things to see in Johannesburg (you will thank me later):
- Ariel Cableway Hartbeespoort
- Lion and Safari Park
- Apartheid Museum
- Cradle of Humankind
- Goldreef City
- Monte Casino
- Johannesburg Zoo
- Walter Sisulu Botanical Gardens (very family friendly, has a waterfall)*

Good review you two! (I love the way they look at each other with so much joy, love and respect!)

Such a breath of fresh air to hear something positive and see tourist reviews which don't poke fun at our country or laugh at local customs, etc. 🇿🇦 🤘

Fabulous!! Glad you enjoyed South Africa. All the best.

I’ve been in africa four months from Tanzania kenya Uganda Rwanda South Africa ghana and nigeria and my favorites were South Africa kenya and Tanzania although we love the vibes of Nigeria! Please u must visit Cape Town family it’s dope also Durban too but Cape Town is beautiful and that’s saying a lot bcus I’m from Los Angeles ! Loved joberg also sandton pta soweto

Thoroughly enjoyed your compliments about our beautiful country and people! 🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️

Wow! What a difference it makes to see our country through the eyesof a traveller. Love the positivity and let us know if you come to Durban

Welcome to Jozi.. try either the Fourways Farmers market, relocated to nowhere near Fourways now😂, or the Rosebank Sunday Market. The Red Top bus may be an idea, though not sure with your baby. Please look to get out of Sandton, but not to malls, that's like home. You don't need to travel far to get out the city 😊..

Thank you once again family about loving our country, You dont know how happy we are to see you here . We appreciate 🙏❤

Still binge watching you guys videos of South Africa.
Really like your commentary and the way you are so natural and comfortable explaining all that you have taken in as you visit.

Thank you for giving Joburg a chance and appreciating its beauty! If you are still here, you should look into doing a walking tour of Soweto or the inner-city to get an appreciation for the history of the city and the country as a whole. There are some culinary tours you can do that can take you to places like Fordsburg where you will get the best Indian food :) Joburg loves its malls - Rosebank mall is great for good food and a bit more of an outdoor experience. And the green spaces are great especially on a sunny day, such as Zoo Lake (Goiya is a great kid friendly restaurant with a fantastic play area), Emmarentia Park, Delta Park, etc. Linden and Parkhurst are nice nice areas for good restaurants and boutique shopping. Enjoy it and the rest of the country! We have so much to offer - beaches, mountains, safari (or ‘the bush’ as we call it), forests and great cities full of great people!

I am so Happy to see you coming down south, I've been watching your videos and the issues you experienced in TZ etc , SA is the easiest transition for African American, simply because it's so familiar with the infrastructure, and you will notice the SA vibe is on another level, you will notice the people actually lovr you and they don't take advantage of you by raising prices of goods because you are a foreigner, everybody is treated equally, SA is too big and everywhere you go you will get the same thing you want even in deep areas. Welcome home

Wow, you guys are actually an inspiration to be more proud of this country. With all the BS we endure, its good to know we also so bkessed in comparison to other countiees...just based off of your sentiments. Great stuff and thank you. You'all be safe in your travels.

As a South Africans, its really refreshing hearing pretty much all positive reviews. There is a lot of issues going on here at the moment so was nice to kinda just sit back and realise its not actually quite as bad as it sometimes feels. Hope the rest of your trip is/was amazing!!

Thank you for such an amazing honest review of my Kasi(Hood) looking forward to your next visit. ❤❤

What a pleasant review. Very nice👌🏾 so sorry about you guys getting sick. Hope you do more stuff next time

I really enjoy watching you guys, visiting different Cities in Africa and your perspectives, Keep up good work of changing narrative 👏

Welcome to Mzansi and you better be ready for South African love!! And your Subscribers bout to go up!!

Nice to hear positive things about my country. 🇿🇦😊

Baby friendly places to check out . 1) BAMBANANI , a restaurant kids love, like their little get together restaurant 😂 your little ones have to experience it , 2) Gold Reef City for the thrills . 3)North Gate mall , pass time leisurely while shopping and hit the Ice Skating Rink there.. . 4) the bird park at Monte Casino .. enjoy your stay

You may also want to check out Nelson Mandela Square and Mall of Africa as far as malls are concerned.

We're so glad you enjoyed your stay in SA. Thank you for the visit and the review, so positive. 😊

Watching from Houston, thank you fir sharing!

As a Kenyan visiting SA for the first time in 2008 I was blown away by the opulence in Jo'burg and Pretoria. But for you guys please settle in Nairobi lol 😅....🇰🇪

So happy you enjoyed our beautiful country and wonderful people! Love your vibes guys 😊

You guys are so sweet & pleasant, thanks for talking about our continent with so much respect

Thanks for making this great Video Showing us Migori town ❤

Thank you for visiting our beautiful country. You guys are more then welcome here and I really love your content. All those cars you see on the streets are manufactured in South Africa and most are exported to the US and European market (BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Ford, VW, Suzuki, Hyundai, Nissan, etc). Also visit Cape Town which is our top tourist destination in South Africa. There you will have tons of stuff to do. There are thousands of African Americans who are relocating to SA (especially Joburg) every year. You guys might bump into some of them during your stay here. Fourways Mall is not the biggest mall. Kindly visit the Mall of Africa in Midrand and Menlyn mall in Pretoria. Hope you guys enjoy your stay here. Shalom.

As a Kenyan, South Africa is the benchmark for infrastructure development that we aim for. Jo'burg looks beautiful, and expensive.

I’m so happy y’all are back in the KRplus streets! I’ve been to South Africa two times I just came back from SA 2 weeks ago definitely trying to purchase some properties there one day!

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for showing our beautiful country in this way! Much appreciated. ❤

Guys I hope you're going to the cities on the coast. The weather is always warm and the natural beauty is unmatched. I'm proudly South African and happy you've had a wonderful stay😊

Hi guys I really appreciate your compliments about my country South Africa. I would recommend you to visit Cape town, Durban, Pretoria (where Elon musk is from), Nelspruit, Bloemfontein, Polokwane, Kimberly, Knysna and Port Elizabeth. I wish you the best trip. We love you ❤️

I found your KRplus channel accidentally and like the content. Have subscribed. Keep those videos coming. Thanks. 💖💖💖

Great content, it nice to hear other people’s perspective of our country cuz we tend to take things for granted.

Guys thanks for visiting South Africa but you've seen nothing yet...South Africa has so much too offer, there's Stellenbosch, Franshoek, Durban it's just to beautiful ❤

You should check out Montecasino out there. I hear its very nice and seen a video of it. Would like to know what you think of the place.

Great review of our beautiful country, and City! So glad you enjoy it here, we would like to welcome you back in the future !

I watch you guys all the time. I love your content and insight.

You can visit Durban in KwaZulu Natal and Qheberha formerly known as Port Elizabeth, in Eastern Cape)

We approaching winter it is cold and flue season, if you are still in the county you definitely will need to stock up on winter clothes..

You guys are amazing! Thanks for sharing the positivity about South Africa.

Love y'all content!

Thank you for visiting our country SA and we appreciate platforms like this because we were portrayed as poor and animals will be roaming around all the time. You need to visit Mpumalanga in South Africa next time. Shalom 🙏🏽

Make sure you visit Melrose Arch for dinner at The Grillhouse or Mezopoli, and then fire and ice hotel for gourmet milkshakes afterwards.
A good day trip is to rent a car and do Pilanesberg Safari.

Love hearing your feedback. Thank you 🙏🙏

Great review you guys

Beautiful couple! Love you guys. Your video makes us feel a bit better than we usually do about our country. Thanks for that. There is a lot of good in this country definitely.
My suggestion: Pls visit the southern Drakensberg too - if still around (im from that side). You'll fall in love far far more with the beauty of this country. Check out places like Sani Pass hotel or Gooderson or the likes. Best of wishes to you guys! 🙏

As a native South African, it was very interesting and entertaining to listen to you two describing your subjective experience of my country. Yes, in my opinion, we have a really rotten, incompetent and corrupt government (which explains the loadshedding), but governments pass and countries stay. So, I'm not going anywhere anytime soon.
Thank you very much for sharing your experience and I pray that you continued to enjoy South Africa.
Shalom

It's so interesting to hear what our country and city looks and feels like from a new person's perspective. Not sure if you are still around but please pop over to Hartebeespoort (Harties), we have a lot of amazing restaurants and weekend markets! Enjoy it!

No other diaspora channel has covered a visit to South Africa as well as yours has. So entertaining, so thorough. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you 😊

I am Kenyan but I can tell you South Africa has some of the most developed places. Much better than USA or Europe more especially in major towns such as Pretoria, Johannesburg, Cape Town

Welcome to SA, please don't leave without visiting Cape Town one of the most beautiful cities in the world🙂.

I randomly bumped into this channel and I love the content, as someone who host a lot of African American travelers in Capetown South Africa, I highly recommend any travel enthusiasts to visit Capetown

Thank you for a great review of our country..

Hope you're planning to see more than just Joburg. If yo're into that kind of thing, South Africa is awesome for doing road trips.

Come to Knysna. The Hill club is happening at the moment. It's a time trial race with some crazy cars. Shelby has 3 cars here thus year, the first time Ford has entered.

When I saw that doctor's banner I immediately realized you guys were @Sandton Hotel...It's great to hear you guys enjoyed your stay!

Hi Family, welcome home, so happy you came to our beautiful country South Africa 🇿🇦 at least this will change the perspective that other African Americans have about Africa as a continent, proudly South Africa, proudly African ❤

It may seem cheap here in South Africa, but as a South African it is expensive. For example, the mimimum wage is R20/hour which is just over $1 and because of the loadshedding, spikes in petrol etc the price of groceries are going up, but not salaries so they exchange rate can decieve you when you compare the pricing 😊

South Africa is huge . Its varied. Its diverse. ❤ So many cultures. Not as bad as depicted in media

So happy your came to visit us!! Do not forget to do the wildlife experiences close to Johannesburg ❤

You two are so sweet. Thanks for visiting SA❤

Welcome to our beautiful country 🇿🇦 😊 I hope you had a wonderful stay. You should check out other cities like Pretoria, Durban, Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, etc 😎

Welcome to South Africa and hoping you'll find our country a better alternative for you to stay permanently with your family. Enjoy your stay and tour.❤️❤️

Love your videos about our country - Hope you will be visiting the Wester Cape to cape town area also - It is so beautiful there and the roads is so much better also - Going there for our holiday

I work in a bookshop in kalk bay and love it when people from all over the world drop in and chat to us. So pleased you love our country even though we have our problems. You have to spend at least a month as there is so much to see and diversity of places to visit. Stop in at kalk bay, cape town for fish and chips.