Wimbledon's lawns may look lush and attractive, but some South African families have found that the grass is not always greener on the other side.
Zubair Fakir is packing for Johannesburg with his wife, Shenaaz Ismail, and their son Aqeel - they're calling it quits after 13 years of being Londoners.
Fakir is giving up a lucrative job as the head of IT at a London university, and his wife is quitting her job as an accountant to settle with family in Johannesburg later this year.
Figures show that tension over recent UK terror attacks, a yearning for family and the South African lifestyle, and Brexit, are pushing scores of expatriates to return home.
Following the recent terror attacks on London and Manchester, Fakir is sensing a "slight uneasiness" among his fellow Londoners, "especially because I'm non-white and Muslim".
While the UK has for years provided a lucrative spot for South Africans wanting better career prospects and a safer environment to raise their children, immigration figures reveal a decline in its appeal.
The UK's Office for National Statistics told the Sunday Times that in 2015 - the year of its latest figures - about 4,000 South Africans left the country to return home - the highest in two years.
"I personally don't feel any less safe. However, I have noticed a slight uneasiness among very few of my fellow Londoners," Fakir said.
"However, there is a significant shift in the way the government and media have portrayed the latest terror attacks against the [Muslim] worshippers as they have finally seemed to acknowledge that there is a definite threat from white extremists that is growing.
"I'm hoping that this will now formulate into a shift in policy in dealing with extremism in all its forms."
Departing expatriates
In 2013, 3,000 South Africans returned home; the following year, 1.500 did. Departing South African expats did not provide reasons why they had decided to leave the UK.
Homecoming Revolution, a company that helps expats return to South Africa, receives about 25 inquiries a month from South Africans who have settled overseas - 65% are from the UK.
"Factors such as Brexit ... and the global terror threat have made many South Africans realise that the grass is not always greener on the other side," said Faye Tessendorf, Homecoming Revolution director.
Despite the economic and political uncertainty in South Africa, she said, there was a significant amount of interest from South Africans in returning, from the UK as well as other countries.
"In terms of statistics ... we receive at least 25 inquiries a month from across the globe [from South Africans] interested in opportunities back home."
Tessendorf added: "The main reasons for returning are still family and friends, lifestyle, the weather, a sense of belonging and an opportunity to make a difference. Returning talent often tell us they were never quite 'settled' abroad."
Fakir, who is planning to return at the end of the year, said that while he was still living in the UK, he would remain vigilant and "continue to be part of our community".
He added: "But both our families are in South Africa. We also feel our son is missing out on grandparents and having family around."
Fakir will have to look for work on his return. "We hope that we have sufficient investments in the UK as well as funds to live in South Africa without concern for a period."
IT specialist Marcus Ludik returned to South Africa with his family in 2015 after 14 years in the UK. "If we were still living in the UK we would have not have felt any less safe after the terror attacks. In saying that, if we were already in the process of moving back or thinking of moving back, I think the recent terror attacks may have provided additional motivation for us."
Ludik said his main reason for returning was the South African lifestyle and having family around.
"We felt that we had no life in the UK; it was all work, work, work. There was also this feeling of not belonging. The people over there were not our people ... if that makes sense. Make no mistake, the UK has a great deal to offer, but it is simply not home.
So much negativity
"But we couldn't be happier being back home. There is so much negativity in South Africa, and people have many reasons to be negative. But there is far more to be positive about," said Ludik.
A South African advertising executive, who did not want to be identified, said the only reason he continued living in London after settling there in 2009 was because of crime in South Africa. "For now, the safety of my children comes first. I'm absolutely feeling less safe living here.
"I work in central London, so being in the thick of the danger zone is how it has to be. But I avoid travelling with my children on the Tube, and I try and avoid taking them into central London. I hear helicopters hovering over my area a lot, quite ominously, and I live in a pretty affluent suburb - like Sandton.
"Also, I cycle to work and back every day, and I've got off the main road as I fear every van I see coming up behind me. It's certainly got me nervous."
He will consider returning if crime decreases in South Africa. "So it's a case of what comes first: if poverty and therefore crime get better in South Africa, we're coming home, baby. If terrorism picks up [in the UK], we're coming home, baby."
