The Anker Research Institute has released the Living Wage Report: Cape Wineland Regions, South Africa 2025 for the region’s main grape growing areas. The study was conducted by Benjamin Stanwix and Jabulile Monnakgotla of the Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU) at the University of Cape Town (UCT) with support from Koen Voorend of the Anker Research Institute, using the internationally recognized Anker Methodology®.

Chocolate is one of the world's most beloved treats. It's also one of its most troubling supply chains.

While more than half of all cocoa is grown in just two West African countries — Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana — only 10–20% of farming households there earn a living income. A large proportion of these families live below the World Bank's extreme poverty line.