DURBAN has once again been voted the most livable City in South Africa for the fourth time. That’s according to the 20th Mercer’s Quality of Living report released on Tuesday.
Durban scooped the same award last year as well.
What’s more, the Knight Frank Global Residential Cities Index also named Durban the best city to live in SA in its survey, which was released last year. It ranked 88th out of the 150 global cities surveyed.
Mayor Zandile Gumede said the accolade proves that eThekwini Municipality is growing its economy and meeting the needs of its people, and is fast becoming a world city that all citizens are truly proud of.
“Our municipality has achieved this accolade for the fourth consecutive year. We are proud to be acknowledged for our service delivery programmes and we strive to continue to make a positive impact in the lives of our residents. The Municipality’s new Radical Economic Transformation Framework aims to further accelerate service delivery, provide economic opportunities to previously disadvantaged citizens and grow the small businesses in our communities” she said.
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Durban was placed 89th, six places above Port Louis who placed 83rd and ahead of Cape Town and Johannesburg who ranked 94th and 95th respectively.
The survey by Mercer evaluated the cities according to 39 factors across 10 categories, including the political and social environment, the economic environment, public services and transport, housing, education, recreation and the natural environment.
Beaches. Bungee jumping. Bright, vibrant nightlife. Durban brings it all. pic.twitter.com/kinWmfl0BG
— Visit South Africa (@SouthAfrica) March 15, 2018
Mercer’s authoritative survey is one of the world’s most comprehensive and is conducted annually to enable multinational companies and other organisations to compensate employees fairly when placing them on international assignments. In addition to valuable data on relative quality of living, Mercer’s surveys provide hardship premium recommendations for more than 450 cities throughout the world; this year’s ranking includes 231 of these cities.
The data was largely analysed between September and November 2017, and it will be updated regularly to account for changing circumstances.
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