and Mauritius

Chinese Presence in Real Estate in South Africa and Mauritius
Honita Cowaloosur
List of Figures and Pictures
Figure 1 Chinese UHNWI Overseas Investment Destinations ....................................................................... 8
Figure 2 Chinese investments and contracts in South Africa (2010-2016).......................................... 10
Figure 3 Chinese investment and contracts in Mauritius (2005-2016) ................................................. 10
Figure 4 Cost of living in global cities (calculated on a house price to wage ratio) ........................... 12
Figure 5Map of the Cape Town Metropolitan area .......................................................................................... 20
Figure 6 Global map of surfaces under vines in 2012 .................................................................................... 23
Figure 7 Location of Modderfontein ...................................................................................................................... 26
Figure 8 Example of the process of a Chinese company investing directly in Mozambique .......... 30
Figure 9 Example of a process of a Chinese company investing in Mozambique via Mauritius ... 30
Figure 10 Example of an advert for an RES project which specifically targets foreigners ............. 31
Figure 11 JinFei Masterplan ...................................................................................................................................... 33
Figure 12 Snapshots of the masterplan of Imperial Gardens ...................................................................... 34
Figure 13 2010 Land Use map of Mauritius ....................................................................................................... 35
Picture 1 Chinese workers in Africa posing outside their residence in Zambia ..................................... 9
Picture 2 Examples of affordable housing projects in Africa, Mozambique (top) and Sierra Leone
(bottom) supported by CADFund ........................................................................................................................... 16
Picture 3 Examples of luxury property investments in Egypt (left) and Mauritius (right)
supported by CADFund ............................................................................................................................................... 17
Picture 4 Camps Bay ..................................................................................................................................................... 21
Picture 5 Example of an advert for a property in Camps Bay ..................................................................... 22
Picture 6 Buildings at Century City ........................................................................................................................ 22
Picture 7 Island Club apartments, Century City ................................................................................................ 24
Picture 8 Example of a China Mall in South Africa (Sable Square, Cape Town) .................................. 28
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