{"id":136851,"date":"2016-09-15T19:15:46","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T17:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=136851"},"modified":"2016-09-15T17:46:02","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T15:46:02","slug":"why-joburg-is-a-better-city-to-live-and-work-in-than-cape-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/136851\/why-joburg-is-a-better-city-to-live-and-work-in-than-cape-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Joburg is a better city to live and work in than Cape Town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new report pits South Africa&#8217;s two biggest cities against each other using a number of metrics which show how the cities looks after their\u00a0citizens, and their economic health.<\/p>\n<p>The report was compiled for design and consultancy firm, Arcadis, by the Centre for Economic and Business Research (CEBR) and explores the three pillars of sustainability \u2013 social (people), environmental (planet) and economic (profit) to develop an indicative ranking of 100 of the world\u2019s leading cities.<\/p>\n<p>The overall index is informed through an analysis of 32 different indicators and is broken down into an overall index and three sub-indices across each pillar.<\/p>\n<p>Both Johannesburg (90) and Cape Town (95) ranked in the bottom 10 of the overall index;\u00a0however BusinessTech used the following two sub-indexes to determine which is best.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The People sub-index<\/strong> rates health (life expectancy and obesity), education (literacy and universities), income inequality, work-life balance, the dependency ratio, crime, green space within cities and housing and living costs. These indicators can be broadly thought of as capturing \u201cquality of life\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the People sub-index, Johannesburg is rated 99th, with Cape Town 100th, scoring 32.2% and 27.2% out of 100%.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bt_table\">\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"6\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\" width=\"40%\">Category<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\" width=\"30%\">Johannesburg<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\" width=\"30%\">Cape Town<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Demographics<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">5.2%<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">5.2%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Education<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">4.1%<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">4.9%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Income Equality<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8211;<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8211;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Work-life balance<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">8.8%<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">3.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Crime<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8211;<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8211;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Health<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">2.8%<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">2.8%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Affordability<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">11.3%<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">10.9%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Overall<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>32.2%<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>27.2%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Profit sub-index<\/strong> examines performance from a business perspective, combining measures of transport infrastructure (rail, air and traffic congestion), ease of doing business, tourism, GDP per capita, the city\u2019s importance in global economic networks, connectivity in terms of mobile and broadband access and employment rates.\u00a0 These indicators can broadly be thought of as capturing \u201ceconomic health\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the Profit sub-index, Johannesburg is ranked a respectable 73rd (38.8%), while Cape Town is 80th (33.4%).<\/p>\n<div class=\"bt_table\">\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"6\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\" width=\"40%\">Category<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\" width=\"30%\">Johannesburg<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\" width=\"30%\">Cape Town<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Transport infrastructure<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">9.6%<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">11.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Economic development<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">2.8%<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">2.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ease of doing business<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">5.1%<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">5.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tourism<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">7.0%<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">2.2%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Connectivity<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">10.0%<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">9.5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Employment<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">4.4%<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">3.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Overall<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>38.8%<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>33.4%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The city of Cape Town is run by the Democratic Alliance, while the opposing party unseated the ANC from power in Johannesburg in the recent municipal elections in August, following a coalition agreement with several smaller parties.<\/p>\n<p>Delivering his <a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/general\/136529\/new-joburg-mayor-mashaba-takes-a-swipe-at-former-anc-regime\/\" target=\"_blank\">inaugural speech<\/a> on Tuesday, after 22 days in office, DA mayor Herman Mashaba said he would to take a broom to corruption, while he also promised better service delivery and job creation.<\/p>\n<p><em>The full Index can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcadis.com\/en\/global\/news\/latest-news\/2016\/09\/zurich-revealed-as-most-sustainable-global-city\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on South Africa<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/86730\/holiday-in-cape-town-but-come-work-in-johannesburg\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Holiday in Cape Town, but come work in Johannesburg<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/135057\/smash-and-grab-hotspots-in-joburg-pretoria-durban-and-cape-town\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Smash and grab hotspots in Joburg, Pretoria, Durban and Cape Town<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/133728\/cape-town-traffic-is-worse-than-joburg-index\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Cape Town traffic is worse than Joburg: index<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/finance\/133022\/average-yearly-wealth-tshwane-vs-joburg-vs-cape-town\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Average yearly wealth: Tshwane vs Joburg vs Cape Town<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new report pits South Africa&#8217;s two biggest cities against each other using a number of metrics which show how the city looks after its citizens, and their economic 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