·9 Aug 2025
Data from the PMBEJD Group and the Living Wage South Africa Network (LWSA) shows that a person needs to earn between R6,778 and R15,000 per month to live a ‘decent’ life.
This is the amount needed for a worker to maintain dignity, functionality, and stability in their household on a monthly basis.
This range is what is required to cover the basic necessities of life, such as food, electricity, transport, and other essential services.
In this context, affordability refers to the ability to pay the cost of goods and services…
Education Disparities: While access to education has improved, disparities remain,
particularly in rural areas and among marginalized communities.
Lucky Martian
Drinking game: SA rules whenever your girl friend goes to the loo you take 4 shots
Steel
Fun South African Fact: South African Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the world’s first heart transplant on 3 December 1967 at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town. The groundbreaking surgery was carried out on Louis Washkansky and Dr. Barnard was assisted by a large and exceptional team of surgeons, nurses and technicians. One of Dr. Barnard’s assistants was Hamilton Naki, a black laboratory assistant who had worked previously as a gardener and went on to work in the animal laboratory at the University of Cape Town. He had assisted Dr Barnard with research leading to the transplant. In the apartheid days, Naki had no access to higher education due to his race. Despite being unable to access formal training, he learned from and assisted university researchers and went on to do astonishing work.