A friend of mine has also moved to Portugal, seems to be a popular destination for South Africans, and i'm glad to hear you're happy on the other side and all the best.
I agree with your sentiments, its just moving isn't a solution for everyone, but moving your money out of the system is an option, that can even eventually lead to moving.
But sitting around funding a dysfunctional system and then complaining about it is pointless, playing the victim is pointless, pointing to the obvious corruption and failures is pointless at some point you have to act, and protect yourself and your loved ones