{"id":164227,"date":"2017-03-14T17:06:55","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T15:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=164227"},"modified":"2017-03-14T17:06:55","modified_gmt":"2017-03-14T15:06:55","slug":"durban-is-still-the-best-place-to-live-in-sa-despite-losing-the-commonwealth-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/164227\/durban-is-still-the-best-place-to-live-in-sa-despite-losing-the-commonwealth-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Durban is still the best place to live in SA – despite losing the Commonwealth Games"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mercer’s annual Quality of Living survey shows that Durban is still the best city in South Africa when it comes to quality of life.<\/p>\n

This is despite the coastal city not being able to host the commonwealth Games 2022 after it failed to meet “key obligations”.<\/p>\n

Durban was awarded the Games in September 2015 and was due to be the first African city to host the event.<\/p>\n

Mercer\u2019s Quality of Living Survey assesses quality of living conditions to help multinational companies and other employers fairly compensate employees when placing them on international assignments.<\/p>\n

Despite increased political and financial volatility in Europe, many of its cities offer the world\u2019s highest quality of living, the report found.<\/p>\n

Vienna occupies first place for overall quality of living for the 8th year running, with the rest of the top-ten list mostly filled by European cities: Zurich is in second place, with Munich (4), Dusseldorf (6), Frankfurt (7), Geneva (8), Copenhagen (9), and Basel, a newcomer to the list, in 10th place.<\/p>\n

The only non-European cities in the top ten are Auckland (3) and Vancouver (5). The highest ranking cities in Asia and Latin America are Singapore (25) and Montevideo (79), respectively.<\/p>\n

According to Mercer, Durban ranks above the country\u2019s traditional economic powerhouse of Johannesburg, and Cape Town.<\/p>\n

Port Louis, in Mauritius is the highest ranked city in Africa – 84th, ahead of Durban (87th), Cape Town (94th), and Johannesburg (96th).<\/p>\n

Victoria in the Seychelles is ranked 98th on Mercer’s list.<\/p>\n

Durban\u2019s higher ranking is mainly due to its high-quality housing, plentiful recreational offerings and good consumer goods availability. However, the city\u2019s crime problems keep it from climbing higher on the list.<\/p>\n

Here are the top and bottom 10 cities, along with South Africa’s 3 cities:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
#<\/th>\nCity<\/th>\nCountry<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nVienna<\/td>\nAustria<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nZurich<\/td>\nSwitzerland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nAuckland<\/td>\nNew Zealand<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nMunich<\/td>\nGermany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nVancouver<\/td>\nCanada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nDusseldorf<\/td>\nGermany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nFrankfurt<\/td>\nGermany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nGeneva<\/td>\nSwitzerland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nCopenhagen<\/td>\nDenmark<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nBasel<\/td>\nSwitzerland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nSydney<\/td>\nAustralia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
85<\/td>\nDurban<\/td>\nSouth Africa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
92<\/td>\nCape Town<\/td>\nSouth Africa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
95<\/td>\nJohannesburg<\/td>\nSouth Africa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
222<\/td>\nConakry<\/td>\nGuinea<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
223<\/td>\nKinshasa<\/td>\nDRC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
224<\/td>\nBrazzaville<\/td>\nRepublic of Congo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
225<\/td>\nDamascus<\/td>\nSyria<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
226<\/td>\nN’Djamena<\/td>\nChad<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
227<\/td>\nKhartoum<\/td>\nSudan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
228<\/td>\nPort au Prince<\/td>\nHaiti<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
229<\/td>\nSana’a<\/td>\nYemen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
230<\/td>\nBangui<\/td>\nCAR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
231<\/td>\nBaghdad<\/td>\nIraq<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Living conditions are analyzed according to 39 factors, grouped in 10 categories:<\/p>\n