Thanks for all the responses. Feeling a bit more optimistic.
After all said and done I still don't want to leave SA but if another ANC term is likely at the next nationals I'd consider that the trigger - I think I'd be foolish not to. Will start investigating options in the meantime.
On a side note I recently learned a guy I knew was shot and killed on his plot in a home invasion

His plot is not far off from where, about a year and some ago, my mom and sis was also tied up during an armed robbery on their plot. On that day I'd just left their premises about 30 minutes earlier before they were invaded. It is strongly suspected that had I still been there I'd have been killed seeing as I was the only male present :/
*sigh Sorry to mention negative stuff but this bull**** is really getting to me at the moment...

Apparently, "It's not only South Africa but everywhere"... I don't know what to say to that statement.