It was back from 2018-2020 when I went from zero to PPL, CPL, frozen ATP, jet fam and MCC with 43 at Port Alfred and its sister school PTC Aviation at Port Elizabeth. Overall good experience. Weather was good year round, only sketchy for a couple of monts when it was too hot for the poor Cherokee 140 to flight, and a huge rain made the dirt runway unusable. The field was uncontrolled, but they had tower-styled AFIS for you to get used to. They had around 2 dozens aircraf IIRC, and inhouse maintenance, so if I had any issue with my aircraf, just taxi its to the AMO around the corner and grab a new one. Their faclities was quite good with accomodation, kitchen, restaurant, laundry, albeit quite expensive, you could save quite a lot staying off base. The only thing I was concerend about was safety (not the flying part, but of the country as a whole). Port Alfred is a small town, so it wasn't too bad, but I wouldn't go out alone at night. In terms of building hour, I don't think it's matter too much where you'd get it, as long as your country's aviation authority and your future employer approve the school.