Contact
Shosholoza Shanghai comprises of a small committee that coordinates various social events in the city. Please feel free to contact us if:
- You would like to find out more about various social events
- You would like to join the committee
- You have comments, content and photos to submit to the website
- You are new to Shanghai or considering moving to Shanghai and looking for advice
You can use the comment function below to submit an inquiry to the team
Keep well,
Julian, Paul and Sue
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Hi there,
I am a South African who has recently relocated to Shanghai and would like to get more info on the “Club” and its activities. Please contact me on the above email address
Rgds
Caresha
Dear Station Manager
I am involved a an amazing project whith a young african boy, Sam Kaase(from Piet Retief) who wrote a song called Insurgence – To change South Africa!
We met him when he came to our studio to record a demo CD. When I heard his song I offered to record and produce it professionally and take on the project of getting the song to ALL OF SA, FREE OF CHARGE.(an Instruction I got through my Faith in God)
We have involved Me Zille, de Lille, Mr Holomisa and Buthelezi in this song . They hereby illustrated that (without any political intention) that they also care about our country and its people.
I include Sam’s own words for writing this song:
This is Sam’s own explanation why he wrote the song (not edited)
When i wrote the song insurgence i wanted it to be a voice for the people in and out of our country who cannot be heard in their horrific day to day circumstances,people who experience endless tragedies and have no one to turn to. The song is also a tool to help those who abuse others,whether physically or emotionally because they are different or less powerful than they are to realise the bigger picture of the damage they are causing and how it not only affects the victims but also the whole country. The main and overall inspiration of the song is the unstable political situation of this country and how it affects the citezens and the country at large.
We are planning to distribute the song over the internet and cellphones (at no cost) as we want it to be available for all South Africans.
If you are interested in the story in more detail or willing to assist us in getting this message out, please feel free to contact me at any time.
Kind regards
Laurika Steenkamp
B.Mus.Hons(US)
Music@Work
info@musicatwork.co.za
0722930954
Important notice about upcoming elections: please forward to all South Africans working abroad
The SA Constitutional Court will decide next month whether registered South Africans working legitimately abroad should be afforded the right to vote. This decision has been directed to the CC as a result of the High Court ruling that the current situation is unconstitutional. If the Constitutional Court does confirm the Pretoria High Court ruling, it means that the electoral act will have to be amended, allowing registered SA’s working abroad the right to vote.
It is important that should you wish to exercise your right to vote, that you give notice within 15 days after the proclamation of the election to the electoral commission (Thursday, 12th February). This 15 day period expires on the 27th February, but the Constitutional Court will only make a ruling in March.
However, there is an argument that the 15 days will be dated from the day of the High Court judgment (Thursday, 5th), so if you do want to vote, it would be best to give notice this week (before Feb 20) at your local SA Embassy.
Dear Team, We are a licensed teleport and MPEG4 service provider. We can offer DSTV Supersports on legitimate IPTV and MPEG4 systems. We are already streaming to many expats in China through our services.
I will be in Shanghai later this month so will most lilely visit bar there.
Regards
Jim Edstein
17 February 2009
Overseas voting for South Africans:
The Constitutional Court ruled on 12 March that South African citizens outside of South Africa who are registered to vote may vote. You must send your completed VEC 10 form to the IEC at vec10@elections.org.za by Friday 27 March.
Check out http://www.elections.org.za for all necessary information!
Thanks and see you at the polls!
Hi, I have just moved to Shanghai and would like to connect with other South Africans and join the ladies lunch and other activities.
thanks
Maryanne von Essen
Hi there
I recently arrived from Johannesburg to spend the next 4 months in Shanghai and am interested in attending the next monthly mixer.
Is there any RSVP required for these events?
Are there many students in the Shosholoza Shanghai group?
Thanks!
I am a South African living in Shanghai. I need to get a document signed by a comissioner of Oaths. I tried to get hold of the Embassy to no avail (does anyone else have this problem?) and am not sure what to do. Any help would be gratefully appreciated.
I have recently moved to Shanghai with the family and we are interested in meeting up with other South Africans here.
Please can you send me some details of the events that you have comiung up.
Thanks
Dave
hi i’m an south african currently working as a tennis coach in New York and i’m looking to move to Shanghai this coming October,i was wondering how i would go about obtaining a working permit?
thank you
Hi
Our family is new to Shanghai, and would like to be part of the SA club. How do we join? Could you please forward me info about this coming Saturday’s event.
Regards
Melinda
Hi Thinus and Melinda,
I’ve responded to both of your queries by email.
Best,
Iain
Nihao ah,
I am new to Shanghai and am interested in getting involved in the South African community present here. Do you have any upcoming events that I could attend?
多谢，
David Gross
Michigan, United States
Hi
I am from Durban and have been in Shanghai since Feb this year after many years living in Italy and am interested to know more about the activities you organise. Furthermore, I would like to know if you organise any events for business opportunities.
Thanks
Kind regards
Ulrike
Upcoming TRI-Nations golf tournament, we are still looking for golfers – no matter what your handicap – South African as well as Aussies and Kiwis.
If anyone is interseted please contact any of the following, we will mail you the entry form, simply complete and mail back to Nate Barney at Sante Fe.
nbarney@santafe.com.cn
rob.muir@starpgltd.com
tim.bebb@yahoo.com or tim.bebb@maesc.cn.com
Looking forward to meeting ALL golfers ( Male & Female ) that enjoy the game and also a good day out.
More details of the Tournament can be dirrectly requested from Nate Barney.
B/R
Tim
Hello ,I am a Cape townian ,residing in Chengde, Hebei Province. Would you perhaps know or be aware of other South africans living in the immediate area or perhaps in Beijing?
Many thanks,
Paul
Hi,
My husband and I have just moved here from Bangkok and are keen to join the club. Can you please advise how we go about doing this.
Many thanks
Wendy
hi, i’m a south african living in south africa. in August i visited Shanghai and puchased a machine. The machine did not arrive in the container sent by the supplier.I can no longer get in touch with these guys.Any ideas on who would be the best to assist with this case?
nick
Hi
How do you join and would like to join in the ladies activities
Tks
Ann
Hi there,
We recently relocated to Shanghai where we will be staying for the next 3 years. I would like to join the ladies lunches and get involved in other activites.
Regards,
Ilze Kleinsmith
Hi there
There are a group of South African students studying medicine in Jinan city of the Shandong Province. I happened to stumble upon the website and found it so heart-warming to find your group embracing our “proudly South African Spirit” How can we get more information about the gatherings so that we can plan a visit to Shanghai to include it.
Regards
Ashneil Dookun
Ashneil, Ilze and Anne, you’ve all been added to our mailing list.
hi to all. do you have this same kind of RSA group in Beijing? we are now here for a time as a family and need to blend also with other South Africans and even a few Namibians. please let us know. biltong and regte boeretroos will be welcome
I’m a South African living in Puxi, Shanghai.
I like the Shanghai Living section of this website. It’s very useful. Thanks. It’s good to be able to find wine from home. And now I always use CTRIP to book flights and hotels in China. I haven’t been to any of the recommended churches, but I should.
I am quite conscious about the food I eat, so I have recently been using a delivery service called Mealbay (http://www.mealbay.com.cn) that delivers food from Godly (a vegetarian restaurant) and Organic Kitchen Shanghai (a restaurant that uses organic ingredients to prepare food – http://www.organickitchenshanghai.com). I order online from Mealbay’s website, and they deliver to my home or office in about 30 minutes. It’s really good. So I would like to recommend that site to other South African’s living in Shanghai. It’s really useful.
Lekkerrrr!
Hi, my wife and i recently moved to Shanghai from cape town. We would like to join the club. Could we have contact details please.
Hallo there,
I am not living in Shanghai, but close, Nanjing. We are having a international day in March at the Nanjing International School. Does any one have any tips or ideas where I can find material eg. on tourism or even the World cup as well as south African products to display in a Expo style. The day is like a big show for the different countries here.
Appreciate any info from anyone.
Thank you
Sonia
Hi
As you can see my name is Uwe, not a very South African name, but I am South African born and bred. Friends in RSA found this site for me. I have been in Shanghai for 3 weeks and am looking to meet new people and would really like to join the mixer at The Spot, but your website has not been updated in a while, so Im not sure if this event is still ongoing.
Kind regards
Uwe
Hi
My family and I are moving to Shanghai in May 2010. Please can you give me an indication as to where most SA expats live? We are looking to move to the Pudong area but there are so many compounds that it’s quite a daunting task looking. I have a 2 year old that I would like to involve with other children in his age group. Please can you help me, or put me in contact with some other South Africans who have made the move from SA to Shanghai?
Many thanks
Janet
HOWZIT!!!
I’m a radio and club dj from Cape Town and have been living in Bangkok for almost 2 years now.
The winds of change has now caught my sail and is taking my lovely wife and i to shanghai in April 2010. (kannie waggie!)
I have dj-ed with various South African organisations overseas (S.A. Embassy in association with ‘Thumbsup entertainment’ LONDON, UK, S.A embassy in association with ‘Jabulani group’ Bangkok, Thailand) doing things from hosting gala events, to mc-ing and dj-ing at South African parties. Besides being a club dj all over the world for more than 11 years.
To make a Long story short, i am looking to get involved in some sort of hosting or musical (DJ-ing)capacity and would love for someone to pass on any information regarding that to me PLEASE.
Also, if someone knows anything or has any contact with anyone regarding the ‘WORLD EXPO’ in Shanghai later on this year, i would love to get involved there too… Just not sure how to go about it.
Any help or contact details will be much appreciated.
Contact me on:
dj-versatile@live.com
Check out my Temp website:
http://www.djverseatille.com
Have a LEKKER day
Reggie
Is this forum still active? The last post I can see is from 2009.
I may be re-loacting to Shanghai in a few months and would like to ensure that I would like to meet fellow South Africans living in Shanghai.
Hi
I am exDurbanite,I will be in Shanghai in the beginning of the next school term.I would like to be part of the ladies lunch when I get there.
Thanks for the consideration
Veena
This might be an unusual request as I am living in SA. My son is working in Pingyang and I have recently been unable to contact him by phone, which I was able to do. Does anyone know if there has been a change in mobile numbers or area codes. When I phone I get a chinese lady saying something? The operator here cannot help. Any suggestions? Its very frustrating. I was told to contact consulate in Shanghai…the consulate here were not very helpful.
Hi there!
Just stumbled upon this website, was wondering when the next ladies lunch/mixer is scheduled to be. Have been living in shanghai for almost a year, would love to meet some fellow south africans!
Francesca
Hi
Meropa is doing some work for the SA Rooibos Council and is launching a welcome campaign, which basically involves getting business, civic leaders, tourism bodies and other opnion leaders to support a great South African brand. You don’t really have to do much in terms of your customer offering. It’s really about inculcating the offer of rooibos as a gesture of hospitality as part of your corporate culture – something which you probably do already.
The letter below explains this all a little better as well as the feedback you can provide.
We’d love Shosholoza Shanghai to get behind this campaign and with your permission use any feedback in the ongoing publicity.
Kind regards
Martine Barclay
SA Rooibos Council
PO Box 55356
Sunset Beach
Cape Town
South Africa
7741
21 May 2010
Dear All
On behalf of the SA Rooibos Council, we are calling for your support for the Welcome Campaign. This initiative, which we are rolling out with the help of business and civic leaders in all walks of life, requires very little effort and promises warm rewards.
We would like you to offer a welcoming cup of rooibos tea to visitors in a show of traditional South African warmth and hospitality. Rooibos is the tea produced only in South Africa, predominantly in the Cedarberg district of the Western Cape, and has a distinctive reddish colour, sweetish flavour and numerous health-giving properties.
This simple act is an ideal way to welcome people travelling to South Africa for sporting, business, educational and other events. It’s quick, cheap, easy, and uniquely South African, while appealing to all tastes and cultures. We hope that not only travel and tourism operations, but also schools, service organisations, business and other bodies will support this initiative.
The aim is to embed this campaign long-term as an integral way of doing local business, much in the same way that visitors in India are traditionally welcomed by a glass of sweet chai tea. Organisations representing South Africa abroad, such as trade missions, embassies and social clubs, are also being called on to brew up a traditional cup of tea.
Do let us know if we have your support for the Welcome Campaign. We’d also appreciate any feedback, such as photographs of VIPs being welcomed with a steaming cup of rooibos, or a heart-warming story. All correspondence can be addressed to rooibos@meropa.co.za.
The Rooibos Council is a non-profit organisation established five years ago to represent producers, processors, manufacturers, marketers and exporters. Please see our website http://www.sarooibos.co.za, the official site for South African rooibos, for more information on the Council and the tea.
Yours sincerely
Martin Bergh
Chair: South African Rooibos Council
Hi:-)
I live in Beijing and want to know if there is any organisation for South Africans in this fair city.
Thanks:-)
Andrew
Hi everyone…
I’m so happy to see you’re back online. I moved to Shanghai three months ago, and have been looking for fellow Saffers.
Please would you add me to your mailing list for your newsletter.
I look forward to getting involved with the group.
Kind regards
Ianthe
Hi Julian, Paul and Sue
Could either of you please contact me at etvnewsi@iafrica.com ?
With regards to a doccie series we’re doing on South Africans living in China.
Will be much appreciated!
Regards
Charlene Stanley
Producer: eTV
0824190180 (SA)
Hi I have just moved to Shanghai from Cape Town and would like to make contact with fellow South Africans, especially to watch the Tri-nations Rugby. Contact: bartlettjohn58@yahoo.com
Hello. My husband and I are in the process of relocating from Dubai to Shanghai. I would love to meet up with the “Shanghai Ladies” or any other SA groups or individuals with whom to socialize and find out the quickest and easiest ways getting things together
Hello. My husband and I are in the process of relocating from Dubai to Shanghai. I would love to meet up with the “Shanghai ladies” and/or any other social/sporting SA groups or individuals
Hi,
My family and I are really interested in joining the mixer at The Spot. Please could anyone let us know whether the events are still ongoing or not. Thanks for your attention and help.
Brdgs,
Jolene Sui
are there any saffers still living in shanghai?have all these people left? why are there no recent updates. I’m new here, but find everything is from quite awhile back. Am I on the wrong website?
jennifer
Can you Play Cricket?
Do you want to join a rapidly growing world’s second largest sport in China?
A new Cricket club in Shanghai looking for new members for the forthcoming season and this is your chance to be a part of it. We welcome cricketers of all abilities.
Cricket in Shanghai: 2 grounds situated in Pudong where currently 5 teams playing league cricket every Sunday.
The Club will be fortunate to play Cricket in Shanghai China on one of the most attractive grounds in Shanghai. We are a community club with, and trying to provide cricket facilities for playing and training, excellent opportunity for youngsters looking their career in newly growing sport in China. We have professional coach and regular social activities throughout the year.
If you’d like to play cricket this season please contact us at: cricketinshanghai@hotmail.com
we are doing a massive “Spotlight” on South Africa, A fantastic advertising opportunity!
The March 2011 issue of China Economic Review Magazine will spotlight: SOUTH AFRICA.
Every issue of China Economic Review features a SPOTLIGHT section, looking in detail at the business trade ties between China and one country around the world.
This is an ideal platform from which to highlight your company, showcase your business in China market and make new business connections.
The content of the South Africa spotlight has been scheduled by CER’s editors offering in-depth analysis while examining the significance of Sino-South Africa trade.
can someone please call me on 86 21 5385 8616
Wow, great to learn that there are many South Africans residing in Shanghai. Before relocating later this year I will be visiting during the month of February. Are there any social events that I could possibly join and meet up with some fellow compatriots?
Looking forward to the adventure.
Karen
Hi
been in shanghai for a year now, and have only just found out about shozaloza !! desperate to meet some other south african’s ! please get in contact re next function and next SA ladies get to gether. so looking forward to hearing from you.
Thanks
Constanze
Dear SA Ladies,
My name is Kylie Bartnicki and I am a certified Image Consultant from Australia. I offer colour and style services on a one on one basis or am able to run workshops for coffee mornings or general get togethers. I have done workshops with the German Club, the YCIS ladies in Pudong, the American Womens Club as well as many private ones. I also currently run workshops at the Puxi Community Centre. Topics include “An Introduction to Wearing Colour with Confidence”, “Low Calorie Dressing”, and “Accessories, A Girl’s Best Friend”. I would love to be able to forward you some information and more details. If you could contact me that would be great. I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Best Wishes
Kylie Bartnicki
Certified Image Consultant
Certified Style Coach
To whom it may concern
My name is Willemien and I work for Two Dogs books. We publish a book called Should I Stay or Should I Go?, a collection of chapters by South African and ex-South African writers that combines their subjective opinions and stories to provide a broad overview of one of our country’s defining contemporary dilemmas: the question of living in or leaving South Africa. Every South African who has lived overseas, or considered it, will be able to read this book, and it sure to spark interesting debates. I would like to talk to the editor of the website about possibly featuring this book on your site, and would appreciate it if you could put me in touch with him or her.
Thank you
I am writing to invite you and your colleagues to register in the World Bank’s African Diaspora Professional Skills Database. This database will be utilized by the World Bank’s Africa Region to identify candidates for consulting assignments in Africa. More details on this project and registration forms can be found at: http://go.worldbank.org/XZO6J087D0.
Hello!
How can I get connected to the South African club here in Shanghai? My husband and I are new here in China and it would warm my heart to be surrounded by Safas again.
Jume
02/05/2012
Hi
I’m looking to make contact with other South Africans based in Shanghai. I have been based in Beijing since Jan 2009.