Best Place to Live in South Africa
What is the best place in South Africa to live?
Durban comes first in this. Even though Cape Town is the most popular city for expats, According to research by Mercer in 2016 showed Durban to have the best quality of life. Also, amongst the top 450 cities in the world, only three South African cities made the list: Durban (85th), Cape Town (92nd), and Johannesburg (95th).
Where is the cheapest place to live in South Africa?
According to the statistics from Adzuna, Statistics South Africa and property24, Johannesburg takes the lead as the best place to live in South Africa based on the availability of job opportunities, average salary and house price affordability with average annual rent at R84 000.
| Rank | City | Average house price | Average annual salary | Average annual rent | Annual salary spent on rent (%) |
| 1 | Johannesburg | R2 270 915 | R420 006 | R84 000 | 19% |
| 2 | Pretoria | R2 556 558 | R367 284 | R72 000 | 19% |
| 3 | Durban | R3 102 022 | R384 834 | R61 200 | 15% |
| 4 | Cape Town | R5 755 317 | R410 781 | R108 000 | 26% |
| 5 | Sandton | R4 446 692 | R365 988 | R102 000 | 27% |
| 6 | Centurion | R2 282 869 | R403 125 | R74 400 | 18% |
| 7 | East London | R1 100 000 | R369 616 | R54 000 | 14% |
| 8 | Port Elizabeth | R1 100 000 | R362 283 | R50 400 | 13% |
| 9 | Polokwane | R1 050 000 | R481 800 | R48 000 | 9% |
| 10 | Richards Bay | R2 163 640 | R432 096 | R62 400 | 14% |
Where is the best place to visit in South Africa?
Cape Town
If there is somewhere, you need to visit in your lifetime, Cape Town is definitely that place. It was the oldest European establishment in South Africa (1652), it is referred as the “mother city”.
Now, the major places in cape Town, that you need to see are :Victoria and Alfred Waterfront, Table mountain, Signal Hill & Lion’s Head, Robben island, Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden.
Cape Peninsula
Cape Peninsula is one of the most impressive region of South Africa. The major highlights are: Cape point, Cape of Good Hope, 12 Apostles Coastline from Campus Bay to Hout Bay.
Kruger National Park
Kruger is one of the most beautiful places to visit in South Africa. If you would like to experience the most memorable wild Safari experience in South Africa, then Kruger is the best place to be.
Kruger is basically, the oldest and biggest National Park in South Africa. It sits on around 2,000,000 hectares (20,000km (square)), that’s is about the size of Israel.
