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And the city with best quality of living rate in SA is…

Sorry Capetonians, but your beautiful mountain, multitude of cool eat-out spots and stunning views aren’t enough to make the Mother City the place with the best quality of living in South Africa.

That accolade goes to – Durban.

Global health, retirement and investments firm, Mercer released its 19th annual Quality of Living survey, ranking Durban the best in South Africa and 87th overall.

The survey provides hardship premium recommendations for over 450 cities throughout the world and this year’s ranking includes 231 of these cities.

Cape Town and Johannesburg rank at 94 and 97th respectively on the list.

Brazzaville (224) in the Republic of the Congo, N’Djamena (226) in Chad, Khartoum (227) in Sudan and Bangui (230) in the Central African Republic formed the four lowest-ranked cities for quality of living within Africa.

The survey is mainly used to inform multinational companies planning on sending employees to work in different countries, to be able to compensate employees appropriately and provide a planning benchmark and insights into the often-sensitive operational environment that surrounds their workforce.

Vienna occupies first place for overall quality of living for the 8th year running, with Zurich in second place, Auckland (3rd) with Munich (4th), Vancouver (5th), Dusseldorf (6th), Frankfurt (7th), Geneva (8th), Copenhagen (9th), and Basel (10th) a newcomer to the list making up the rest of the top ten.

Mercer’s survey also includes a city infrastructure ranking that assesses each city’s supply of electricity, drinking water, telephone and mail services, and public transportation as well as traffic congestion and the range of international flights available from local airports. Singapore tops the city infrastructure ranking, followed by Frankfurt and Munich both in 2nd place. Baghdad (230) and Port au Prince (231) rank last for city infrastructure.

Durban ranked 1o1st overall for infrastructure. Port Louis is the only Africa city which managed to fall within the top 100 rankings with the highest for infrastructure in 94th place.

“Multinational companies need accurate and timely information to help calculate fair and consistent expatriate compensation – a real challenge in locations with a compromised quality of living,” said Slagin Parakatil, Principal at Mercer.

“A city’s infrastructure, or rather the lack thereof, can considerably affect the quality of living that expatriates and their families experience on a daily basis. Access to a variety of transport options, being connected locally and internationally, and access to electricity and drinkable water are among the essential needs of expatriates arriving in a new location on assignment. A well-developed infrastructure can also be a key competitive advantage for cities and municipalities trying to attract multinational companies, talent, and foreign investments.”

[Image – CC 2.0 Darren Glanville]

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