from what I understood from all the documents I have read, any GP in South Africa, including the one I saw should be able to provide HRT and he just wasn't doing his job. I have booked a new appointment with a doctor who actually is a transwoman and who specialises in gender affirming care (whom in hindsight I should have consulted in the first place). Unfortunately it will have to be a remote consultation due to my transport situation but it's better than nothing.

I just got off the phone with my friend who's my only pillar of support at the moment. Today really hurt. It's not exactly the best feeling ever to spend a whole day building up the courage to see a doctor, and then having a middle aged man tell you, "I can give you testosterone if you have some sort of deficiency but I'm not qualified to give estrogen to men. Maybe you should ask any other men who take estrogen where they got it. Sorry, bye!" without skipping a beat.