City-dwellers live longer in Cape Town

04 July 2016 - 09:20
By GRAEME HOSKEN

On average, as a South African city-slicker, you will die shortly after retirement age, unless you live in the Cape Town metro. The average retirement age for men and women in South Africa is 60.For women, the country's average life expectancy, according to the World Health Organisation, is 66 years.

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