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Friday may be a black Friday for UK. Trading suspension for the FTSE and a halt on the exchange rate mechanism to stop the pound getting pounded is expected.---Sorros.

Trading of the GBP may be suspended.

@orca, thanks, I looked at them, but I found that for me it is far cheaper that I use Interactive Brokers. Their fees are very low, for the london exchange, where I buy VWRD, they charge just 0.08% or 1 pound minimum. Also there are no custodian fees which ABSA has. There is a minimum in fees of $10 a month, so if you don't do a trade in that month they will charge $10. This falls away once you reach $100 000 in holdings, so it's also a good account to buy and hold for the long term.

@indexer, yes I looked into the estate duty which is why I'm buying an Irish domiciled fund. Cash is still and issue, but the risk of me selling more than $60k is very low. I need less than half that to live for a year. The risk of me selling $60k and then dying before I have a chance to re-invest is probably ludicrously low. I'll accept that risk, and avoid the guaranteed custodian fees with TD. Those fees would add up. At 0.3% per year someone with $500k would have to pay $1500 a year. If you anticipate that you'd withdraw 4% or $20k a year, at TD you'd only be able to draw $18.5k. That's basically a month's drawdown you give back to the broker.

@Orca, Both Standard Bank WebTrander and ABSA WorldTrader as just “resellers” of the Saxo white labelled platform. The user interface is the same except for the logo and colours. What value does Standard Bank or WorldTrader add that you cannot get with Saxo directly for lower fees? Saxo has a local Johannesburg office and their also offer proper two factor login. Standard Bank also changes extra for registration with GlobeTax to get the 15% dividend treaty rate.  

These brokers are not conventional brokers so I would not trust all my money with them. Most go bang eventually.
Here is a review on Saxo. http://www.forexpeacearmy.com/public/review/www.saxobank.com
Here is a review on Interactive Brokers. http://www.forexpeacearmy.com/public/review/www.interactivebrokers.com
Here is a video.

I just don't know but I would not like to invest my life savings in an obscure broker that states they are headquartered and regulated in Geneva but your money goes to an office in Panama or Singapore where the regulators have no powers.
Most are in house gambling dens where your money does not actually go to the stock exchange but is traded within the company between members as in a casino.
Stick with banks in SA as you will have FSB behind you as you would not want to travel to Panama to fight for your money. Been there and lost out.