SOUTH AFRICA

Benchmark Studies

WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE, SOUTH AFRICA

South Africa Benchmarks
Benchmark Report: Living Wage Report for Western Cape Province, South Africa
Benchmark Report: Living Wage Report for Western Cape Province, South Africa

This paper estimates a living wage for wine grape growing area of Western Cape Province South Africa using a new methodology developed by the authors that builds and improves on earlier work on living wages published by ILO (see Anker, 2006 and Anker, 2011). This methodology has been used so far to estimate a living wage for urban areas in 9 countries for a multi-national corporation. The present report for South Africa was supported by Fairtrade International as a first step to understand the impact of Living Wage on prices paid for rural commodities and as part of their memorandum with Social Accountability (SAI) and GoodWeave to develop a Living Wage methodology.

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Update Reports

WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE, SOUTH AFRICA

South Africa Benchmarks
Living Wage Update Report: Rural South Africa, Western Cape Region, 2023
Living Wage Update Report: Rural South Africa, Western Cape Region, 2023

This report provides updated estimates of family living expenses and living wages for the wine grape growing region of Western Cape Province, South Africa. The 2023 update takes into account inflation and changes in payroll deductions since the original Anker living wage study carried out in May 2013 (Anker & Anker, 2013).

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Previous Update Reports: Living Wage Updates for Rural South Africa.
Previous Update Reports: Living Wage Updates for Rural South Africa.

These reports provide updated estimates of family living expenses and living wages for the wine grape growing region of Western Cape Province, South Africa. These updates takes into account inflation and changes in payroll deductions since the original Anker living wage study carried out in May 2013 (Anker & Anker, 2013).

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