Overview

• Weddings in South Africa cost about R80,000.
• The cost of having a wedding planner in South Africa is between R35,000 and R85,000. 
• A planner can help save costs as they assist in acquiring decor, food, furniture, lights, crockery, tableware, glasses, flowers, among others. Online searches are more expensive.
• According to one of the leading wedding planners in South Africa, flowers could cost up to R200,000.
• Weddings in South Africa peak in the months of September through April.
• In 2016, there were 139,512 registered marriages of which 1,331 were civil marriages.
• The number of non-civil weddings are (139,512-1,331=138,181)

Summary of our Early Findings

• Our initial research was unable to provide insights that directly address the request.
• Our one-hour search was only able to find information on the types of flowers used at weddings, the top wedding planners, and statistics on the marriages in 2015/2016. The most recent sources still provided this same data.
• We were able to provide the data for the non-civil marriages for 2016. A monthly breakdown of this information does not seem to be publicly available.