Should I return home? Is the grass really greener at home? Many South Africans living abroad are haunted by these questions. There is no doubt that it is a trade-off to return home. You need to weigh up the pros and cons.

The Edmund J Safra lecture hall of King’s college in London often plays host to unwilling students for a nine o’clock lecture. But on March 23rd, it was jam-packed with South Africans, all coming to hear the DA’s leader in parliament Mmusi Maimane