{"id":623571,"date":"2022-09-07T14:00:14","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T12:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=623571"},"modified":"2022-09-07T14:05:36","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T12:05:36","slug":"south-africas-most-expensive-foreign-residences-including-an-embassy-on-third-avenue-in-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/623571\/south-africas-most-expensive-foreign-residences-including-an-embassy-on-third-avenue-in-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa’s most expensive foreign residences – including an embassy on Third Avenue in New York"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Department of International Relations and Cooperation has published a list of the 10 most expensive chanceries, official residences, and staff housing abroad.<\/p>\n

Official residences are locations rented or owned by the South African government where officials and other dignitaries reside while conducting their business in that region. Chanceries, meanwhile, refer to the offices of South Africa’s embassies.<\/p>\n

Dirco lists 79 missions abroad, with many regional embassies serving surrounding countries and territories.<\/p>\n

According to the department’s data, South Africa currently spends R13 million a month to rent the top 10 chanceries and close to R2.5 million a month on the 10 most expensive official residences.<\/p>\n

The country’s most expensive embassy is in the United States, located at 845 Third Avenue in New York. The South African Consulate General and the Permanent Mission of South Africa to the United Nations were relocated to the building in 2021.<\/p>\n

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845 Third Avenue, New York<\/p><\/div>\n

Rent at the building totals $160,000 a month, which in August 2022 came to just under R2.7 million, the department said. The table below outlines the 10 most expensive chanceries.<\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Mission<\/th>\nMonthly rent<\/th>\nLocation<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
New York CG<\/td>\nR2 695 922<\/td>\n845 Thjird Avenue, New York<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tokyo<\/td>\nR1 762 632<\/td>\n1-4 Kojimachi – CHIYODA-KU, Tokyo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Geneva<\/td>\nR1 520 367<\/td>\nRue Du Rh\u00f4ne, Geneva<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Beijing<\/td>\nR1 381 169<\/td>\nDongzhimenwai Dajie, Bejing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hong Kong<\/td>\nR1 172 262<\/td>\nHarbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Luanda<\/td>\nR1 062 520<\/td>\nDistrito Urbano de Belas, Sector ZRGA, Luanda<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shanghai<\/td>\nR1 028 507<\/td>\nYan An Road East, Shanghai<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Singapore<\/td>\nR896 922<\/td>\n331 North Bridge Road, Singapore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tel Aviv<\/td>\nR786 502<\/td>\nAbba Hillel Silver St, Ramat-Gan, Tel Aviv<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Moscow<\/td>\nR685 123<\/td>\nGranatny Pereulok 1, 123001 Moscow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

For official residences, the most expensive location is Addis Ababa, Algeria, which is also South Africa’s root in the African Union. Here, monthly rent sets Dirco back R278,000 a month – though this is not too different from the rent in other locations.<\/p>\n

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China World Apartments, World Trade Centre<\/p><\/div>\n

The table below outlines the 10 most expensive official residences:<\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Mission<\/th>\nMonthly rent<\/th>\nLocation<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Addis Ababa<\/td>\nR278 279<\/td>\nNifas Silk Lafto<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dublin<\/td>\nR268 790<\/td>\nBallsbridge, Dublin 4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Accra<\/td>\nR252 981<\/td>\nSenchi Street Airport Residential Area<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Khartoum<\/td>\nR252 981<\/td>\nAmarat street, Khartoum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Moscow<\/td>\nR251 991<\/td>\nLeontyevsky Lane, Stroene<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Luanda<\/td>\nR236 116<\/td>\nMalunga Condominium Talatonia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Los Angeles<\/td>\nR235 272<\/td>\nWetherly Drive, Beverly Hills<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dakar<\/td>\nR230 495<\/td>\nFann residence, Avenue-Venus building<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Beijing<\/td>\nR220 719<\/td>\nChina World Apartments<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kuwait City<\/td>\nR218 795<\/td>\nAdailiya Kuwait City<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Wetherly Drive, Beverly Hills<\/p><\/div>\n

Dirco also provided the breakdown of the most expensive staff residences abroad. Here, the department spends R1.5 a month on rent for these 10 locations:<\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Mission<\/th>\nMonthly rent<\/th>\nLocation<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Hong Kong<\/td>\nR174 086<\/td>\nBamboo, Kong Kong<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Luanda<\/td>\nR168 654<\/td>\nCajuero, Luanda<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Luanda<\/td>\nR168 654<\/td>\nMorabez, Luanda<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hong Kong<\/td>\nR165 489<\/td>\nProsperity Millinnia Plaza, Hong Kong<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Geneva<\/td>\nR165 655<\/td>\nChemin Dde Bouirgeus, Plan-les-Quartes, Geneva<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Luanda<\/td>\nR151 789<\/td>\nCondominio Rivera, Luanda<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Luanda<\/td>\nR151 789<\/td>\nCondomino Marabeza, Talotana, Luanda<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Geneva<\/td>\nR139 557<\/td>\nChemin des Gotettes Vesenaz, Geneva<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Geneva<\/td>\nR139 557<\/td>\nChemin Versoix, Geneva<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Luanda<\/td>\nR128 531<\/td>\nCondominio Atlantico Sul Rua Naibe, Luanda<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Prosperity Millennia Plaza, Hong Kong<\/p><\/div>\n

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Read: Government looking at \u2018relief package\u2019 to deal with cost of living crisis in South Africa: report<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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