"Orinoco1999" <phc@gmx.de> wrote in message
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> Brian,
>
> I am a foreigner, since 4 years in Joburg. Using my debit and credit
> cards at ATM. Havent had a problem. Would even say that the banking
> system here is more advanced than in europe. If you want to be safe I
> would carry some pounds, but its more a schlepp to get the money
> changed (time, office hours etc)
> Where are you going to? Need some tips?
>
You cannot change Rand into foreign currency when you leave SA unless you
have proof that you have changed some foreign currency into Rand at some
point in your trip, so I always start out a SA trip by changing $100 at the
airport exchange shops. That allows me to change any leftover currency back
into $US when I leave (including the tax refund at the airport).
However, I get all my trip cash out of the ATMs. They work fine, for all
currencies AFAIK.
--riverman
UK Debit Cards & SA ATMs 
