Benchmark Report: 2025 Living Wage Report for Cape Winelands Region, South Africa

This report estimates a living wage for the main wine-growing regions in the Western Cape province of South Africa for August 2025 using the Anker Methodology®, and replaces the previous benchmark used for Western Cape Province conducted in 2013. Our estimate of the living wage for a full-time worker in the Cape Winelands in August 2025 is R 7,921 per month (USD 446). This amount is based on the cost of a basic but decent living standard for a typical-size reference family of four people in the study area—two adults and two children—of R 12,704 per month (USD 715).