Woman Shares How She Survives on R34K Salary That Also Covers R9.5K Rent
- A South African content creator who creates posts about budgeting went viral after she shared how she survives on her salary
- The Mzansi woman makes R34K monthly, and her biggest expenses include rent of R9.5K in Cape Town
- Social media users were wowed and shared their thoughts on her strategy in a thread of 830 comments
A South African content creator who shares budgeting tips and advice on TikTok recently went viral online.
Source: TikTok
The woman broke down how a salary of R34K covered her lifestyle and expenses. She explained that she lived in Cape Town and had to cough up R9.5K.
People were wowed by her post and communicated in a thread of over 800 comments. The post also reached 302K people.
SA woman shares how she survives on R34K monthly salary
On the 6th of August, a content creator who makes budgeting content was able to reach 302K people after sharing how a R34K monthly salary would cover her expenses as a Cape Town resident. The creator uses AI to generate her images and named her avatar Gabriela.
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Gabriela makes up different budgeting scenarios that spark conversation on TikTok. In a now-viral post, she shared how she survived on a R34K monthly salary with a rent of R9.5K:
“The biggest chunk always. Living in Cape Town is not cheap, but at least I have a nice view.”
The lady also had to cough up R2.6K for her monthly groceries, and amazed South Africans with how little she spent on food, and said:
“Woolies' food prices are killing me these days. I’ve been tracking in my super cute budget app, and it’s giving me anxiety every time I scan something.”
Gabriela spends around R3.2K on transport and puts away R5.2K into her savings and investments, and explained:
“Petrol prices, car payments, and insurance have me crying. Sometimes I wonder if I should just Uber everywhere. I’m actually proud of myself for sticking to my investments. Future me will be thanking present me.”
With the money she has left, she uses R1.8K on entertainment. The total amount of her expenses was R22.2K, and she was left with R11.7K, which left people wondering what she did with it:
“This is what happens when your friends want to meet up at Camps Bay for drinks. At least I have enough left for Netflix this month.”
Gabriela captioned her most-viewed TikTok post:
“My honest R34K salary breakdown. Let me show you where all my money goes.”
See the TikTok post below:
SA responded to woman’s R34K salary budget breakdown
Social media users were wowed by the woman’s post, but also had some questions:
Source: TikTok
@Adriaan Earle was not buying it:
“Your car loan, insurance, and fuel are R3200?”
@Bongekile🫧🌸 asked:
“Babes, where are your funeral and life covers?”
@Niel shared:
“Mine looks almost the same, except I have a chunk of about 20% of my salary, which seems to vanish into a black hole, and I have no idea where it went.”
@Mhlambi Malehloa 🏳️🌈sighed:
“Damn, R9500 is someone’s salary.”
@Gehl from South Ahh 🇿🇦wrote:
“R9,5K for rent is cheap for Cape Town.”
@Khuduga wondered:
“Hi. Where are your fibre, Netflix, cell phone contract, toiletries, electricity, and policy bills?
@l shared:
“Lol, mine is more than R35k. My rent is R2800, including electricity and water, and WiFi. My food is R1k.”
@hierkomdiebaas_asked:
“How are you only spending R2.6k on groceries?”
@_gladiatorina sighed:
“At least you don’t have black tax.”
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