Bank transfer and renting a Flat

We finally found an apartment that we could rent in Cape Town. After many hours of searching, mailing and looking, we found a "Garden Cottage" in Rondebosch. It’s very close to UCT where Anne will be attending, and the price was good. But, before we can move in we have to pay a deposit to confirm that we are actually staying there, and to pay for any damages we make to the cottage. (US!? Damage???)
Trying to transfer money from Norway to South Africa though, is not easy. My usual bank (Skandiabanken) did not have any ways to this, neither did my credit card company. I also have an account in DnB NOR, and after spending 20 minutes looking up IBAN/BIC/blabla codes I finally got the bank to accept my money transfer. I wonder when it will arrive, according to their web page, it could be as much as 10 business days. Gawd!

UPDATE: I got confirmation today (20. aug) that the money had been received by our lovely host Lorraine. That's 3 days for transfering a manual money order from Norway to South Africa, not bad!