1. Wendy Appelbaum – Net-worth> R2.6 Billion
In 2006, Appelbaum was awarded one of the leading female entrepreneurs in the world and in 2012 she was listed as one of the richest women in South Africa and across the continent.
Wendy along with her husband Hylton Appelbaum, are the owners of Chair De Morgenzen Wine Estate, which is ranked highly among the top Cape Town wine farms.
She loves charity and is a member of a number of charity organisations within South Africa.
Her generosity is so overwhelming: at one point she donated R150 million to establish the Gordon Institute of Business Science and the Donald Gordon Medical Centre.
These are the wealthiest business women in South Africa 2018