btw.... can a person still fight in the eSA army?
ye, although the army is only semi-operable now and we only got a new commander yesterday, Ali Mentary, since our previous one left for eIsrael. I would wait a few days before applying but ye, they encourage all soldiers to fight in the war games. They unfortunately don't supply weapons at the moment but I think this will change in the near future.
With regard to employment, eSA has pretty good salaries and they've been attractive enough to bring in foreigners to work here.
If you have land skill, you're in for a better salary as we have a high diamond region.
top paying Q1 jobs in land (there are higher paying higher quality jobs):
Skill 1 - 3 ZAR
Skill 2 - 3 ZAR
Skill 3 - 6.50 ZAR
Skill 4 - 13.55 ZAR
Skill 5 - (no Q1 jobs available, but highest paying is a Q2 paying 21 ZAR)
Skill 6 - (no Q1 jobs available, but highest paying is a Q3 paying 24 ZAR)
Skill 7 - 23 ZAR
top paying Q1 jobs in manu (there are higher paying higher quality jobs):
Skill 1 - 2.75 ZAR
Skill 2 - 4.57 ZAR
Skill 3 - 11.50 ZAR (Mephisto-Weapons

)
Skill 4 - 12.50 ZAR
Skill 5 - 17 ZAR
Skill 6 - 20 ZAR
Skill 7 - 25 ZAR
If you want to put this in terms to compare cost of living, Q1 food costs only 1.01 ZAR.