One letter from wanted

The wishlist, priced in rands

Wonted takes the dreams South Africans actually type into Google — the win, the car, the house in Clifton, the life the famous live — and answers them with real numbers, real sources and no made-up figures.

wont·ed /ˈwəʊn·tɪd/ adjective

customary; usual — and one letter from wanted. This site lives in that gap.

What we price

Three kinds of wanting — each answered with a number, a source and the date we checked it, never with a figure someone made up.

Celebrity wealth

What the famous actually own — net worths, houses and garages of SA's musicians, athletes and moguls, estimated in the open with sources shown.

Jackpot dreams

What really happens when you win the Lotto — the process, the tax, the anonymity — and what R100 million actually buys before it runs out.

What the dream costs

The Lamborghini per month, Clifton per square metre, the salary that makes you the one percent — sticker price, running costs and the honest maths.

House rules

Four principles behind every number we publish.

  1. Every figure has a source and a date. Net worths are estimates by nature — so we show the inputs and when we checked them.
  2. Rands, always. Dollar figures are someone else's dream. We convert, date it, and say it in the currency you earn.
  3. The dream gets respect. Window-shopping the win is one of life's honest pleasures — no sneering, no envy-bait.
  4. The maths gets told straight. A lottery ticket is a dream, not a plan — and the running costs go in the article, not the fine print.