By: Natasha Archary

If you had to pay yourself for all the household chores you manage, how much do you think you should earn?
The question was raised by DJ Keyez and Skhumba on Kaya Drive, who shared that housewives in Japan are shooting themselves in the foot by performing over half a billion dollars worth of work for free.
Yup. For free. Because the value of a housewife or homemaker, is not quantifiable, as it’s not looked at as being a full-time job, but it is.
Factor in the cost of caring for children, and the rates that a housewife should earn increases because of the number of hours a day that are spent on the kids’ needs.
According to the report, Japanese women who are stay-at-home moms, or wives, are losing out on around $ 761 billion in unpaid work costs.
But it’s not just Japanese moms who sacrifice earning a salary to take care of their homes because 43% of South African households have female breadwinners, who are also more likely to stay home to care for a sick child.
So, even if women are working a full-time job, they are still expected to come home and take care of things around the home.
Minimum wage for your household chores?
If you were to hire help around the house, you would be required to pay your domestic worker a minimum wage of R25.42/hour.
This would equate to R203.36 a day, and R6 100 a month for 8 hours of work per day for 30 days.
Is this enough for all the responsibilities that you have at home?
Listen to the conversation on Kaya Drive:
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